lock out

See also: lockout and lock-out

English

Verb

lock out (third-person singular simple present locks out, present participle locking out, simple past and past participle locked out)

1. To inadvertently prevent (a person, particularly oneself) from entering a place, by leaving it locked.

   I've locked myself out of my room again!

2. (computing) To prevent from accessing a data structure.

   The synchronize keyword locks out all other threads trying to access the object.

Translations

inadvertently prevent from entering a place

• Finnish: teljetä (fi)
• German: aussperren (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: escludere (it), chiudersi fuori
• Swedish: låsa ute

prevent from accessing a data structure

• Italian: escludere (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Noun

lock out (plural lock outs)

1. An event in which an employer bars employees from working as a tactic in negotiating terms of employment, particularly in response to a strike or threat to strike.

Translations

an event in which an employer bars employees from working

• German: Aussperrung f
• Italian: serrata (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Swedish: lockout (sv) c

See also

• lock in