Idioms for lock
Origin of lock
1
before 900; Middle English; Old English
loc fastening, bar; cognate with Middle Low German
lok, Old High German
loh, Old Norse
lok a cover, lid, Gothic
-luk in
usluk opening; akin to Old English
lūcan to shut
OTHER WORDS FROM lock
lock·less, adjective self-lock·ing, adjective well-locked, adjectiveWords nearby lock
lochiometra,
lochiometritis,
lochiorrhea,
lochus,
loci,
lock,
lock bay,
lock horns,
lock in,
lock nut,
lock on to
British Dictionary definitions for lock out (1 of 3)
lock out
verb (tr, adverb)
to prevent from entering by locking a door
to prevent (employees) from working during an industrial dispute, as by closing a factory
noun lockout
the closing of a place of employment by an employer, in order to bring pressure on employees to agree to terms
British Dictionary definitions for lock out (2 of 3)
lock
1
/ (lɒk) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of lock
lockable, adjectiveWord Origin for lock
Old English
loc; related to Old Norse
lok
British Dictionary definitions for lock out (3 of 3)
lock
2
/ (lɒk) /
noun
a strand, curl, or cluster of hair
a tuft or wisp of wool, cotton, etc
(plural) mainly literary
hair, esp when curly or fine
Word Origin for lock
Old English
loc; related to Old Frisian
lok, Old Norse
lokkr lock of wool
Idioms and Phrases with lock out (1 of 2)
lock out
Keep out, prevent from entering. For example, Karen was so angry at her brother that she locked him out of the house. [Late 1500s] Shakespeare had it in The Comedy of Errors (4:1): “For locking me out of my doors by day.”
Withhold work from employees during a labor dispute, as in The company threatened to lock out the strikers permanently. [Mid-1800s]
Idioms and Phrases with lock out (2 of 2)
lock