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lock out

verb

  1. to prevent from entering by locking a door
  2. to prevent (employees) from working during an industrial dispute, as by closing a factory
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. the closing of a place of employment by an employer, in order to bring pressure on employees to agree to terms
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Minister for Victims and Violence Against Women and Girls Alex Davies-Jones said victims had been "locked out" of the system for too long.

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Itir Cole resigned from her position at the United States Digital Service after the majority of her team was fired and locked out of their computers.

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About 1,500 California cases are pending, according to multiple laid-off attorneys for the Bay Area office, who said they have been largely locked out of case files and email.

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"For too long, sick, and disabled people have been told they can't work, denied support, and locked out of jobs, with all the benefits that good work brings," she said.

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Bardella’s party won a plurality of votes cast in France’s 2024 legislative election but was locked out of government when other parties formed a coalition to keep them from obtaining power.

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