lock down
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[edit]Verb
[edit]lock down (third-person singular simple present locks down, present participle locking down, simple past and past participle locked down)
- (transitive) To secure (something); to blockade and lock (a building or campus) so as to prevent ingress or egress; to make (people) stay locked indoors for their safety.
- (transitive) To limit the use of (a computer network) to only users with permission.
- (transitive) To make (an arrangement) secure, definite, or permanent; to fix.
- (transitive, slang) To cause (another person) to enter into an exclusive romantic relationship.
- It took me some time, but I finally locked her down.
- (intransitive, boating) To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in a downhill direction.
- Antonym: lock up
- Hypernym: lock through