lock out

• Phrasal verb, das verwendet wird, um zu bezeichnen, dass jemand daran gehindert wird, einen Raum zu betreten, oder dass jemand von einem System oder einer Aktivität ausgeschlossen wird.

A phrasal verb used to indicate preventing someone from entering a place, or excluding someone from a system or activity.

unzählbar · transitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. Prevent entryinformal

   To prevent someone from entering a place by locking the door.

   Aussperren

   • I accidentally locked myself out of the house.
   • The landlord locked out the tenants for not paying rent.
   • She locked him out of the bedroom after the argument.

   Synonymebarexcludekeep outshut out

   Antonymeadmitlet

2. Exclude from participationinformal

   To deliberately prevent someone from taking part in an activity or process.

   Von der Teilnahme ausschließen

   • The new policy locked out small businesses from the market.
   • They locked out the opposition from the negotiations.
   • The system locked out users who entered the wrong password three times.

   Synonymebarblackballdebarexcludeostracizeshut out

   Antonymeadmitincludeincorporateinvolvewelcome

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