lock down en · VERB
Meanings
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(transitive) To secure (something).
But even as the fireball races both skywards and downwards, the mortally-wounded Major Francis Harvey, Royal Marines, crawls over to a voicepipe despite the loss of both legs and orders the magazines locked down and flooded. It's his last act on this Earth; his body will be found later, next to the voicepipe.
2020 July 15, Drachinifel, 46:43 from the start, in The Battle of Jutland - Clash of the Titans - Part 1 (Beatty vs Hipper), archived from the original on 03 Oct 2024:
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(transitive) To secure (something). ▸ To blockade and lock (e.g. a building or campus) so as to prevent ingress or egress; to make the occupants (of an area) stay locked indoors for their safety.
Police have the area locked down until the situation is all-clear.
- (transitive) To secure (something). ▸ To limit the use of (a computer network) to only users with permission.
- (transitive) To make (an arrangement) secure, definite, or permanent; to fix.
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(slang, transitive) To cause (another person) to enter into an exclusive romantic relationship.
It took me some time, but I finally locked her down.
- (intransitive, qualifier:boating) To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in a downhill direction.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| locks down | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| locking down | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| locked down | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| locked down | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
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Coordinates
lock in · lock out · lock in · lock out · lock up · lock away · lock in · lock out · lock away · lock up · lock up · lock away
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Translations (10)
es cerrar (to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety) · gl confinar (to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety) · es encerrar (to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety) · pl zamknąć (to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety) · pl zamykać (to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety) · pt confinar (to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety) · it confinare (to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety) · ca confinar (to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety) · fr confiner (to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety) · es confinar (to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety)