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locking out

vb. (present participle of lock out English)

Usage examples of "locking out".

She keyed it with her right hand, locking out all radio traffic in her response area.

He had a way of closing himself off to gentle probing and locking out others to insistent inquiry.

Self shut the door behind him and wasted no time flipping the deadbolt, as if he is the one she is locking out.

The mutineer stared at him with desperate, hating eyes, and Colin smiled that same cold, cruel smile as his neural feed programmed the lifeboat with a captain's imperative, locking out all attempts to change it.

Unconcerned with its fate from this point forward, he chose to forgo the effort of locking out its controls.

I closed my eyes, locking out the harsh morning light as he gradually withdrew, inch by excruciating inch.

I climbed out of bed and went to the high narrow window, the kind of window which is everywhere in Venice, locking out the fierce heat of summer and sealing off the cold Adriatic winds when they inevitably come.

But she only shut down the screens, locking out the terrifying perspective.

I went down after him, landed on his back and dragged the available wrist up, locking out the arm until it creaked.