lift lockdown
End quarantine measures
To lift a lockdown is to end the restrictions on movement and activity that were imposed during an emergency or crisis.
The phrase became ubiquitous during the COVID-19 pandemic, when governments worldwide debated when and how to lift lockdowns that had shuttered businesses and confined people to their homes.
The governor announced plans to lift the lockdown in phases.
The expression applies to any controlled reopening after a period of mandated closure or restricted access.
- reopeningBeginning operations again
- unlockingReleasing a secured closure
- new normalAltered baseline after disruption
- social distancingDeliberate interpersonal spacing
- mask mandatePolicy requiring facial coverings
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