lock out

• Verbo frasal que significa impedir que alguien entre a un lugar, o excluir a alguien de un sistema o actividad, a menudo cerrando la puerta o denegando el acceso.

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

incontable · transitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Prevent entryinformal

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

   dejar fuera (cerrando con llave)

   • 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.

   Sinónimosbarexcludekeep outshut out

   Antónimosadmitlet

2. Exclude from participationinformal

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

   excluir de la participación

   • 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.

   Sinónimosbarblackballdebarexcludeostracizeshut out

   Antónimosadmitincludeincorporateinvolvewelcome

Verbo baselock