locks out

verb

present tense third-person singular of lock out
as in walks

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  1. walks
  2. walks out
  3. strikes
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  • Sonnenberg Bunker guide Zora Schelbert walks slowly down the tunnel toward the main structure of the bunker, built in the 1970s, during the Cold War, to house 20,000 people in the event of a nuclear war.
    — Rob Schmitz, NPR, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The gunman then walks from the In-N-Out toward the street and fires at cars stopped at a red light, striking three victims, the video shows.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 7 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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  • Sasa takes on a rape case that strikes close to home, while his friend Kalle defends a client in a gang trial that tests his ideals.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Hochman said Flores simply could have taken notes on the inappropriate comments and turned them in to superiors or the independent inspector general, which strikes me as either sweetly naive or disingenuous.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of strikes
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“Locks out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locks%20out. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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