lock out

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   prevent employees from working during a strike

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Questions about lock out

What does lock out mean?

lock out means "prevent employees from working during a strike".

Is lock out a common word?

lock out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.