Thesaurus results for LOCKS OUT

locks out

verb

present tense third-person singular of lock out

as in walks

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Omega walks onto the ramp with a metal pipe and quickly takes out the Don Callis Family members to make the save.

— Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
On a windy afternoon, a family packs a beach bag, perhaps for the last time, and languidly walks towards the coast.

— Matilda Hague, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of walks

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Let’s back up a moment first, to set the stage before Collier walks out on it.

— Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
The kind that walks out the door when somebody retires or leaves and is extraordinarily slow and expensive to rebuild, if it can be rebuilt at all.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of walks out

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After another two minutes of dangerous Machado Garry strikes, Makhachev deftly tripped the challenger and quickly scrambled to take Machado Garry’s back, where Makhachev stayed stapled until the horn sounded and Silva’s record was rewritten.

— Mark Puleo, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Medium heat strikes the perfect balance of drying quickly but maintaining towel softness.

— Emily Benda Gaylord, The Spruce, 15 Aug. 2026

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