Ultimate Phrasal Verb Book, The by Carl W. Hart

Author:Carl W. Hart [Hart, Carl W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2009-05-05T17:39:00+00:00

1. lock ... out (of) p.v. When you lock people out or lock people out of a place, you lock a door or gate so that they cannot enter a room, building, or other place.

The Youngs got home and found that their son had locked them out of their house.

I hide an extra key under the bumper of my car so that I won't get locked out.

locked out part.adj. When people cannot enter a room, building, or other place because the door or gate is locked, they are locked out.

We're locked out; we'll just have to wait outside until someone comes home.

2. lock ... out p.v. When a business locks out workers, the workers are prohibited from working by the business management.

Management locked the workers out after they refused to sign the new contract.

When the owners heard talk of a strike, they locked the employees out.

locked out part.adj. After a business locks out workers in order to prohibit them from working, the workers are locked out.

We're locked out. How can we earn a living?

lockout n. When a business locks out workers in order to prohibit them from working, it is a lockout.

The lockout lasted for three months.

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