locking out

verb

present participle of lock out
as in walking

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  1. walking
  2. walking out
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  • Bird-watching, walking, and cycling are other ways to experience the area's natural surroundings.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Longtime residents Andy Booth and Yvonne Booth recalled walking the nearby creek themselves hoping to find the boy, who lived a block away.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of walking
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  • On the one hand, the journalist’s role is to gather information, and so walking out or not covering news events poses a difficult conundrum.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2026
  • In France, high schoolers have been walking out since mid-September over teacher shortages, classrooms that sometimes top 40 students.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of walking out
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“Locking out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locking%20out. Accessed 3 Nov. 2026.

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