Synonyms for lock out
verb block, preventAntonyms for lock out
- advance
- aid
- assist
- clear
- encourage
- facilitate
- forward
- free
- help
- open
- promote
- release
- support
- unblock
- unplug
- unseal
- unstop
- allow
- permit
dismiss
- abolish
- banish
- boot
- brush off
- bundle
- cast off
- cast out
- chase
- chuck
- clear
- decline
- deport
- detach
- disband
- discard
- dispatch
- dispense with
- disperse
- dispose of
- dissolve
- divorce
- do without
- drive out
- eject
- expel
- force out
- have done with
- kick out
- let go
- let out
- lock out
- outlaw
- push aside
- push back
- reject
- release
- relegate
- relinquish
- repel
- repudiate
- rid
- send off
- send packing
- shed
- show out
- slough off
- supersede
- sweep away
- turn out
dismisses
- abolish
- banish
- boot
- brush off
- bundle
- cast off
- cast out
- chase
- chuck
- clear
- decline
- deport
- detach
- disband
- discard
- dispatch
- dispense with
- disperse
- dispose of
- dissolve
- divorce
- do without
- drive out
- eject
- expel
- force out
- have done with
- kick out
- let go
- let out
- lock out
- outlaw
- push aside
- push back
- reject
- release
- relegate
- relinquish
- repel
- repudiate
- rid
- send off
- send packing
- shed
- show out
- slough off
- supersede
- sweep away
- turn out
dismissing
- abolish
- banish
- boot
- brush off
- bundle
- cast off
- cast out
- chase
- chuck
- clear
- decline
- deport
- detach
- disband
- discard
- dispatch
- dispense with
- disperse
- dispose of
- dissolve
- divorce
- do without
- drive out
- eject
- expel
- force out
- have done with
- kick out
- let go
- let out
- lock out
- outlaw
- push aside
- push back
- reject
- release
- relegate
- relinquish
- repel
- repudiate
- rid
- send off
- send packing
- shed
- show out
- slough off
- supersede
- sweep away
- turn out
exclude
- ban
- bar
- bate
- blackball
- blacklist
- block
- bounce
- boycott
- close out
- count out
- debar
- disallow
- drive out
- eject
- eliminate
- embargo
- estop
- evict
- except
- force out
- get rid of
- ignore
- interdict
- keep out
- leave out
- lock out
- obviate
- occlude
- omit
- ostracize
- oust
- pass over
- preclude
- prevent
- prohibit
- proscribe
- put out
- refuse
- refuse admittance
- reject
- remove
- repudiate
- rule out
- set aside
- shut out
- shut the door on
- sideline
- suspend
- throw out
- veto
- ward off
excluded
- ban
- bar
- bate
- blackball
- blacklist
- block
- bounce
- boycott
- close out
- count out
- debar
- disallow
- drive out
- eject
- eliminate
- embargo
- estop
- evict
- except
- force out
- get rid of
- ignore
- interdict
- keep out
- leave out
- lock out
- obviate
- occlude
- omit
- ostracize
- oust
- pass over
- preclude
- prevent
- prohibit
- proscribe
- put out
- refuse
- refuse admittance
- reject
- remove
- repudiate
- rule out
- set aside
- shut out
- shut the door on
- sideline
- suspend
- throw out
- veto
- ward off
Word Origin & History
"means of fastening," Old English loc "bolt, fastening; barrier, enclosure," from Proto-Germanic *lukan (cf. Old Norse lok "fastening, lock," Gothic usluks "opening," Old High German loh "dungeon," German Loch "opening, hole," Dutch luik "shutter, trapdoor"). "The great diversity of meaning in the Teut. words seems to indicate two or more independent but formally identical substantival formations from the root."
The Old English sense "barrier, enclosure" led to the specific meaning "barrier on a river" (c.1300), and the more specific sense "gate and sluice system on a water channel used as a means of raising and lowering boats" (1570s). Wrestling sense is from c.1600. Phrase under lock and key attested from early 14c.
Example Sentences forlock out
No ordinary person can shut his door to lock out the rest of the world.
Of my methods you may not learn much, for to those beyond the pale we lock out secrets.
It required something heavier than that iron door, to lock out the sympathies of two hearts that had grown old in affection.
Words were wasted breath; the time to strike or to lock out your employees was when you were ready and your opponent was not.
The boys heard the door closed and locked, and the sound seemed to lock out another hope for them.
It involves no dispute of the right to strike or lock out, nor of the closed or open shop.
The youth now proposed to use this dagger as a saw to cut the lock out from the wooden door.