lock down

present singular third person locks down · participle present locking down · participle past locked down · past locked down

1. transitiveTo secure (something).

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   But even as the fireball races both skywards and downwards, the mortally-wounded Major Francis Harvey, Royal Marines, crawls over to a voicepipe despite the loss of both legs and orders the magazines locked down and flooded. It's his last act on this Earth; his body will be found later, next to the voicepipe.

   2020 July 15, Drachinifel, 46:43 from the start, in The Battle of Jutland - Clash of the Titans - Part 1 (Beatty vs Hipper), archived from the original on 03 Oct 2024

   1. transitiveTo blockade and lock (e.g. a building or campus) so as to prevent ingress or egress; to make the occupants (of an area) stay locked indoors for their safety.

      Police have the area locked down until the situation is all-clear.

   2. transitiveTo limit the use of (a computer network) to only users with permission.
2. transitiveTo make (an arrangement) secure, definite, or permanent; to fix.
3. slangtransitiveTo cause (another person) to enter into an exclusive romantic relationship.

   It took me some time, but I finally locked her down.

4. intransitiveboatingTo travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in a downhill direction.

   Antonyms: lock up