lock out

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения предотвращения чьего-либо входа в помещение или исключения кого-либо из системы или деятельности.

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

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

1. Prevent entryinformal

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

   Запереть снаружи

   • 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.

   Synonymsbarexcludekeep outshut out

   Antonymsadmitlet

2. Exclude from participationinformal

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

   Исключить из участия

   • 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.

   Synonymsbarblackballdebarexcludeostracizeshut out

   Antonymsadmitincludeincorporateinvolvewelcome

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