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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  • To learn more about the real-life locations used in the series, Boudreaux walks us through the Lone Star locales used to tell this South Texan story.
    — Alex Jhamb Burns, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 July 2026
  • The movie opens with a modern-day museum tour guide, Olivia (voiced by Allison Janney), who walks guests through exhibits celebrating cinema history.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 July 2026
Definition of walks
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  • Rethinking The Revenue Cycle From The Front When every encounter generates a coding-complete claim before the patient walks out the door, the economics fundamentally shift.
    — Mike Valli, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • But when danger walks in courtesy of a very large and formidable alien, Kara walks out and throws hands at the dude.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 June 2026
Definition of walks out
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  • In the late summer of 2024, a bird strikes a Cessna in midflight; the airplane plunges into a deep Wyoming lake.
    — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
  • Yet, if ambition strikes, there are many worthy nearby diversions.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 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 11 Jul. 2026.

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