Antonyms for lock out

Grammar : Verb

Spell : lok

Phonetic Transcription : lɒk

Definition of lock out

Origin : "means of fastening," Old English loc "bolt, fastening; barrier, enclosure," from Proto-Germanic *lukan (cf. Old Norse lok "fastening, lock," Gothic usluks "opening," Old High German loh "dungeon," German Loch "opening, hole," Dutch luik "shutter, trapdoor"). "The great diversity of meaning in the Teut. words seems to indicate two or more independent but formally identical substantival formations from the root."
The Old English sense "barrier, enclosure" led to the specific meaning "barrier on a river" (c.1300), and the more specific sense "gate and sluice system on a water channel used as a means of raising and lowering boats" (1570s). Wrestling sense is from c.1600. Phrase under lock and key attested from early 14c.

As in occlude : verb block, prevent
As in shut off/shut out : verb exclude; screen
As in shut out : verb exclude
As in discharge : verb dismiss from responsibility
As in dismiss : verb send away, remove; free
As in exclude : verb expel, forbid

Example sentences :

No ordinary person can shut his door to lock out the rest of the world.
Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner

Of my methods you may not learn much, for to those beyond the pale we lock out secrets.
Extract from : « The Recipe for Diamonds » by Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne

It required something heavier than that iron door, to lock out the sympathies of two hearts that had grown old in affection.
Extract from : « Fashion and Famine » by Ann S. Stephens

Words were wasted breath; the time to strike or to lock out your employees was when you were ready and your opponent was not.
Extract from : « How To Write Special Feature Articles » by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer

The boys heard the door closed and locked, and the sound seemed to lock out another hope for them.
Extract from : « Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape From the Brigand's of Greece » by Bracebridge Hemyng

It involves no dispute of the right to strike or lock out, nor of the closed or open shop.
Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg

The youth now proposed to use this dagger as a saw to cut the lock out from the wooden door.
Extract from : « The Works of Honor de Balzac » by Honor de Balzac

Synonyms for lock out

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