Lock out meaning
Lock out is a phrasal verb with 3 meanings. One of them is to prevent someone entering a room or building by securing its door.
- Past simple
- locked out
- Past participle
- locked out
- -ing form
- locking out
What lock out means
prevent entering roomB2
To prevent someone entering a room or building by securing its door
I left my keys inside and locked myself out.
2 more meanings of lock out are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With lock: lock up.
With out: go out, find out, sort out, run out, take out, get out, hand out, check out, look out, ask out.
Common questions
What does lock out mean?
It has 3 meanings. One of them is to prevent someone entering a room or building by securing its door. The other 2, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of lock out?
Locked out, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
