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Definition of 'lock in'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) lock in, seal in
close with or as if with a tight seal
"This vacuum pack locks in the flavor!"

2. (verb) lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut up, shut away, lock up
place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
"The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"

Definition of 'lock in'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) lock in
to prevent sb from leaving a place by locking the door
They locked the prisoners in their cells.

Translation of 'lock in'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to prevent from getting out of a building etc by using a lock She found she was locked in, and had to climb out of the window.
Afrikaans: opsluit	Arabic: يُقْفِل الباب على	Bulgarian: заключвам
Brazilian: trancar	Czech: zamknout	German: einsperren
Danish: låse inde	Greek: κλειδώνω μέσα	Spanish: encerrar
Estonian: luku taha jätma	Farsi: حبس شدن	Finnish: lukita sisään
French: enfermer (à l'intérieur)	Hebrew: לִנעוֹל בִּפנִים	Hindi: त��ले के अ��द�� बंद करन
Croatian: zaključati, spriječiti iz	Hungarian: bezár	Indonesian: mencegah keluar
Icelandic: læsa inni	Italian: chiudere in/dentro	Japanese: 閉じこめる
Korean: 나가지 못하게 잠가버리다	Lithuanian: užrakinti ką, uždaryti (v	Latvian: ieslēgt
Malay: mengurung	Dutch: binnensluiten	Norwegian: låse inne
Polish: zamknąć (kogoś) na klucz	Persian: حبس شدن	Pashto: په بند كښى لويدل
Portuguese: trancar	Romanian: aîncuia (înăuntru)	Russian: запереть и не выпускать
Slovak: zamknúť	Slovenian: zakleniti noter	Serbian: zaključati
Swedish: låsa in	Thai: ถูกขังอยู่ด้านใน	Turkish: kilitlenip/kilitleyip içe
Taiwanese: 鎖在裡面	Ukrainian: замикати (і не випускати)	Urdu: قفل بند کرکے عمارت میں قی
Vietnamese: nhốt trong nhà	Chinese: 关在里面
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