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double-lock

[ duhb-uhl-lok ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to lock with two turns of a key, so that a second bolt is engaged.
  2. to fasten with particular care.


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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of double-lock1

First recorded in 1585–95
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Additionally, “tamper-evident security seals in a double-lock location” would protect machines and votes.

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They are stored under double-lock at hospitals and governed by so-called “red prescriptions,” which only specially certified doctors can write.

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As MIT President L. Rafael Reif has written, “If all we do in response to China’s ambition is to try to double-lock all our doors, I believe we will lock ourselves into mediocrity.”

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The US car giant recommended people double-lock their cars, and store their keys in a "suitable metal box" that will block radio signals.

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Husted says the machines are kept “under double-lock and key.”

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