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61lock up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you lock something up in a place or container, you put or hide it there and fasten the lock. [V n P] Give away any food you have on hand, or lock it up and give the key to the neighbours... [V P n (not pron)] Control of… …
62Lock in — Das Wort Lock in bezeichnet in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften Kosten, die eine Änderung der aktuellen Situation unwirtschaftlich machen, siehe Lock in Effekt in der Technologieentwicklung einen stagnierenden Entwicklungspfad, siehe Lock in… …
63Lock — This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and has three distinct possible sources. Firstly, it may be a metonymic occupational name for a locksmith, from the Olde English pre 7th Century loc , lock, fastening. The name may also be… …
64lock-in — /lok in /, n. 1. an act or instance of becoming unalterable, unmovable, or rigid. 2. commitment, binding, or restriction. [1965 70; n. use of v. phrase lock in] * * * lockˈ in noun (informal) A period of drinking in a pub after it has officially… …
65Lock-on — A lock on is a technique used by peaceful protesters to make it difficult to remove them from their place of protest. It often involves handcuffs, chains, padlocks or bicycle locks. More complicated lock ons involve protesters putting their limbs …
66lock — I n 1. bolt, latch, hook, holdfast, padlock; hasp, pin, peg, bar; fastener, clasp, securer, clincher. 2. catch, ratchet, pawl, brake; safety, safety catch, safety lock, cutoff; [in a firearm) gunlock, discharger, exploder. 3. sluice, sluice gate …
67lock up — phrasal verb Word forms lock up : present tense I/you/we/they lock up he/she/it locks up present participle locking up past tense locked up past participle locked up 1) [intransitive/transitive] to lock all the doors and windows of a building so… …
68Lock-in — Das Wort Lock in bezeichnet in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften Kosten, die eine Änderung der aktuellen Situation unwirtschaftlich machen, siehe Lock in Effekt in der Technologieentwicklung einen stagnierenden Entwicklungspfad, siehe Lock in… …
69lock — 1. noun /lɒk,lɑːk/ a) Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination. Give me the key, said my mother; and though the lock was very stiff, she had turned it and thrown back the lid in a twinkling. b) A mutex or… …
70lock — Synonyms and related words: aboideau, accord, agree, air lock, answer to, articulate, assent, assort with, authority, bang, bar, barricade, barrier, batten, batten down, be consistent, be of one, be uniform with, bear hug, bind, block, block up,… …
