What does lock out mean?
Lock out means (labour) The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing..
Lock out
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Meaning
(labour) The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing..
Definitions by Sense
- (labour) The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.
- The action of installing a lock to keep someone out of an area, such as eviction of a tenant by changing the lock.
- (by extension) The exclusion of certain people from a place, event, situation, etc.
- The restriction of a population to a certain area, but allowing free movement within that region, in order to prevent the spread of disease. Compare lockdown.
- The situation of being locked out of a building.
- (computing) A situation where the system is not responding to input.
- (industrial operations) A safety device designed to prevent touching a moving part when it is under operation; a safety device to keep the power supply turned off during repairs; the standardized practice and method whereby such devices are deployed.
- (weightlifting) The final portion of a weightlifting motion where all applicable limbs or joints are fully extended or "locked out".
Example Sentences
The first was in the Babylonian halls of the big hotel, which was the meeting place of the three commercial magnates concerned with arranging for a coal lock-out and denouncing it as a coal strike, the second was in a curious tavern, having the façade of a grocery store, where met the more subterranean triumvirate of those who would have been very glad to turn the lock-out into a strike—and the strike into a revolution.
It's another front-row lockout for Mercedes on the starting grid of the Japanese Grand Prix.
a locksmith who is willing to deal with emergency lockouts
lockout–tagout
Tip: For Bigger Triceps, Do Heavy Lockouts
Synonyms for lock out
Antonyms for lock out
Related Words
Word Forms
- lockouts
- lock-out
Usage Notes
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a synonym for lock out?
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
What is the opposite of lock out?
Possible antonyms include strike, walkout, industrial peace, industrial action.
How do you use lock out in a sentence?
The first was in the Babylonian halls of the big hotel, which was the meeting place of the three commercial magnates concerned with arranging for a coal lock-out and denouncing it as a coal strike, the second was in a curious tavern, having the façade of a grocery store, where met the more subterranean triumvirate of those who would have been very glad to turn the lock-out into a strike—and the strike into a revolution.
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