lock out

• Verbe à particule signifiant empêcher quelqu'un d'entrer dans un lieu en fermant la porte à clé, ou exclure quelqu'un d'un système ou d'une activité.

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

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Prevent entryinformal

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

   empêcher d'entrer en fermant à clé

   • 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.

   Synonymesbarexcludekeep outshut out

   Antonymesadmitlet

2. Exclude from participationinformal

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

   Exclure de la participation

   • 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.

   Synonymesbarblackballdebarexcludeostracizeshut out

   Antonymesadmitincludeincorporateinvolvewelcome

Verbe de baselock