lock in

Frequency: 6.96.8 per million words

to imprison someone or prevent them from leaving a place by locking the door.

locklock (verb) + PARTICLE

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Examples (10)

  • I was terrified they would lock me in again.
  • I locked myself in the bathroom.
  • The manager decided to lock the team in the meeting room until they reached a decision.
  • They were locked in their cells for the night.
  • Fearing a storm, the villagers locked themselves in their homes.
  • The snowstorm locked them in the cabin for three days.
  • He accidentally locked his dog in the garage.
  • Security personnel locked the protesters in the stadium.
  • We had to lock the dangerous animal in its cage.
  • The faulty mechanism temporarily locked the workers in the elevator.