locking down
Making fully secure
Locking down is the progressive form of lock down, meaning to secure a place by restricting movement in or out.
Schools and prisons lock down during emergencies.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, entire cities locked down to prevent viral spread.
The phrase also means to finalize or secure something: We're locking down the details of the contract.
- padlockPortable locking device
- firewallNetwork access control system
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- stay at homeNot venture outside
- martial lawArmed forces governance
password · shelter-in-place · barricade · panic room · curfew · two-factor authentication · antivirus · encryption · seal · under wraps · travel ban · border closure · isolation · latch · social distancing · containment · chain · VPN
- fortifyingfortifying, reinforcing, barricading, shoring up, buttressing
- evasionevasion, avoiding, avoids, evade, dodging
locking downopening up
Becoming less guarded
unlocking · freeing · releasing · liberating · letting out
locking downstanding down
Relinquishing a position
deescalating · all clear · demobilizing · winding down · normalizing
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