lock out in English

noun
1
the exclusion of employees by their employer from their place of work until certain terms are agreed to.
The company claims the wage rise is totally unacceptable and has refused to lift the lockout until the union ends all industrial action.
2
a device used to ensure that machines remain inoperable while repairs or adjustments are made.

Use "lock out" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "lock out" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "lock out", or refer to the context using the word "lock out" in the English Dictionary.

1. Lock out his access.

2. 19 Programme lock out facility.

3. Hank, it's probably still on lock-out.

4. 18 And mags are sooo easy to lock out anyway.

5. 24 We need to get them to lock out their onboard weapons systems!

6. 22 "It would lock out Windows Phone forever. Can Microsoft allow anyone else to buy Nokia?" he asked.

7. 25 Joe, I'm going to have to drill this lock out of the door for us to get in.

8. Management has threatened to lock out the workforce if they do not accept the proposed changes in working methods.

9. 26 Cabin crew could lock out certain programmes for unaccompanied minors who sat close to crew, said spokesman Mark Street.

10. 1 Management has threatened to lock out the workforce if they do not accept the proposed changes in working methods.

11. 21 Lotus Domino 7 also allows you to lock out a user account and to force a password change on next authentication.

12. 28 However this isn't a good solution because it may lock out the other threads from being able to have fair access.

13. 27 The employer's threat to lock out the workers only infuriated them and made them stand up more firmly for their rights.

14. 23 Lotus Domino 7 also allows you to lock out a user account and to force a password change on the next authentication.

15. Green believes the best way to improve GPS driving safety would be to "lock out destination entry while the [navigational] system is in use."

16. 20 Green believes the best way to improve GPS driving safety would be to "lock out destination entry while the [navigational] system is in use."

17. We think that languages – for whatever reasons – polarize a lot and with a 'one size fits all' approach you always lock out millions of developers.

18. The interface works in 2.0.6, but in both versions, saving a preset will lock out the main Audacity window, requiring to close Audacity from the Dock

19. Have the customer disconnect the electricity at the Service Panel and Lock- Out the Breaker or mark the Breaker so that no one turns it on accidentally

20. First have the customer disconnect the electricity at the service panel, and lock- out the breaker or mark the breaker so that no one turns it on accidentally

21. Adjusting a layer directly by choosing from the Image>Adjustments menu will present you with the old-style dialog boxes that lock out most of Photoshop’s functionality

22. 30 Silencing Shot (Marksmanship): This spell will now interrupt the current spell being cast on the target and lock out that school for 3 sec if the target is immune to silence effects.

23. 29 The woman slowly moved to the line before the cabinet, opened only the lock, lock out of that a moment, as if everything was quiet, even the air is filled with memories.