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lock

noun as in device that fastens and bars free passage

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“If the events turn the other way, and there is a free-trade agreement that took off all the tariffs and quotas, that has them paying through the nose for something you’re locked into.”

"But once you step out on the field, your competitive instincts kick in and you just lock into the contest."

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At 8 p.m. the door is locked again.

Or, rather, at her campaign headquarters in Tucson, since she’s been locked out of her congressional office on Capitol Hill — the one her father used, which now has her name on a plaque outside.

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The Brewers locked up the best record in baseball, and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, thanks largely to how well they played at their home field.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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