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lock out

verb

  1. exclude, locked _out
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Wiktionary

noun

  1. Misspelling of lockout.

verb

  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. To prevent from accessing a data structure.

    The synchronize keyword locks out all other threads trying to access the object.

  3. (industrial) To prevent (a person, including oneself) from powering up or turning on a machine when doing so would be dangerous (accomplished with objects such as padlocks or zip ties placed through the switch handle, for example)
  4. (colloquial, sometimes humorous) To be unable to concentrate.

    Bro, I am totally locked out on this assignment.

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