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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  • There are games, tests and temptations designed to test the competitors physically, mentally, and morally before one walks away with the prize.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
  • In this large-scale canvas (5 feet 3 inches by 6 feet 7 inches), the artist’s young son Jean appears on the left, and his first wife Camille walks in the background with a friend or neighbor.
    — Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of walks
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  • Lisa walks in with everyone’s orders and walks out with three giant bags of fast-food goodness.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Raman allies engage in trash talk A woman walks out of her home carrying a full garbage bag, then starts venting about the high cost of trash pickup.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of walks out
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  • The handheld strikes a near perfect balance between authentically re-creating the GBA’s design while updating its hardware with new controls, a much better screen, and the flexibility of Android at a price that feels like a bargain.
    — Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2026
  • That’s exactly what just happened as Bloom Energy strikes a multiyear deal to place its name on the Philadelphia 76ers’ jersey.
    — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 1 Oct. 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 9 Oct. 2026.

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