locked out

past tense of lock out
as in walked

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  • Palencia did not record an out in the ninth inning and walked off the mound with a right shoulder injury that will likely force the Cubs to reevaluate their entire late-game strategy.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In a video shared by Fox Sports on the social media platform X, several fans scrambled for the ball and eventually a man wearing Phillies gear stood up with it in hand and walked over and gave it to a boy and hugged him.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • However, after the mother handed him over, Agba allegedly walked out of the line and began to walk away, according to the outlets.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The Volunteers walked out of Atlanta with a 45-26 victory over the Orange, but a moment in the second quarter during what became a touchdown drive for Tennessee took the game's announcers by surprise.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Locked out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locked%20out. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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