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Lock out

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.

📖 Definitions of "Lock out"

noun
  1. 1

    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.

verb
  1. 1

    To inadvertently prevent (a person, particularly oneself) from entering a place, by leaving it locked.

    "I've locked myself out of my room again!"

  2. 2

    To prevent from accessing a data structure.

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