lock out
verb
- exclude, locked _out
Wiktionary
noun
- Misspelling of lockout.
verb
- To inadvertently prevent (a person, particularly oneself) from entering a place, by leaving it locked.
“I've locked myself out of my room again!”
- To prevent from accessing a data structure.
“The synchronize keyword locks out all other threads trying to access the object.”
- (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)
- (colloquial, sometimes humorous) To be unable to concentrate.
“Bro, I am totally locked out on this assignment.”