lock out
noun
Meaning
- An event in which an employer bars employees from working as a tactic in negotiating terms of employment, particularly in response to a strike or threat to strike.
- To inadvertently prevent (a person, particularly oneself) from entering a place, by leaving it locked.
- To prevent from accessing a data structure.
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