lock out
Deny building access
To lock out is to prevent entry or access, usually by securing a door: She locked him out of the apartment.
In labor disputes, a lockout is when management prevents workers from entering the workplace during a contract dispute—the employer's counterpart to a strike.
In computing, being locked out means losing access to an account, typically after too many failed password attempts.
- closed doorRestricted access meeting
- no entryAccess not permitted
- excludeBar from participation
- picket lineProtesting workers' boundary
- blockSolid mass, or impede
bar · deadbolt · collective bargaining · employer · firewall · security breach · access denied · union · ban · arbitration · mediation · account · encryption · authentication · barricade · stranded · door · frozen
- securingfasten, secure, latch, bolt, buckle
- keeping outbar, ban, block, fence, wall
- tech problemsbug, paper jam, low ink, dropped calls, bugs
- exclusionsexclude, exclusion, excluding, except, exception
- rejectionrejection, reject, denial, refuse, refusal
- boundariesboundary, boundary line, borders, border, edges
labor relations
lock outstrike
Forceful impact or stoppage
walkout · work stoppage · go on strike · walk out · down tools