{"id":3588,"date":"2022-05-22T12:21:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T12:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br>Phrasal verbs start with 'Lock' (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/phrasal-verbs-with-lock\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Phrasal Verbs With Lock<\/a>). A Phrasal verb like Lock away, Lock down, Lock in, Lock onto, Lock out, L"},"modified":"2022-05-22T12:22:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T12:22:11","slug":"phrasal-verbs-with-lock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/phrasal-verbs-with-lock\/","title":{"rendered":"Phrasal Verbs With &#8216;Lock&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"words-head\" id=\"words-96817641\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5017566440575750\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3340569236\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><br>Phrasal verbs start with &#8216;Lock&#8217; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/phrasal-verbs-with-lock\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Phrasal Verbs With Lock<\/a>). A Phrasal verb like Lock away, Lock down, Lock in, Lock onto, Lock out, Lock up, and more.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Phrasal Verbs With &#8216;Lock&#8217;<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Lock away<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Lock in a safe place<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The jewels were locked away inside the safe.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Lock away<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Put someone in prison or a mental hospital for a very long time<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The waste is safely locked away until it is no longer radioactive.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Lock down<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Make very secure<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The trend to lock down permanent capital gained even more traction abroad.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Lock down<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Restrict people&#8217;s movements to reduce the spread of a disease<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>He&#8217;s entered some sort of security code to lock down the gate.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Lock in<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Lock a place to stop someone leaving<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Sell your stocks now to lock in some of the gains of recent months.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Lock in<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Commit someone in such a way that they cannot leave<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Open cooker and add olives. Replace lid, lock in place and bring to high pressure for 3 minutes.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Lock onto<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Find a target and head for it<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The missile Locked onto the plane and blew it out of the sky.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Lock out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Close a workplace to stop workers from entering<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>He was locked out because he came back after midnight.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Lock out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Lock a place to stop someone from getting in<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The wind had made the door swing closed, and she was now locked out.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Lock up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Close all doors, windows, etc.<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Lock up all the doors before you go out.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Lock up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Lock something in a safe place<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Please lock up these confidential reports.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Lock up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Put in prison or a mental hospital<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Don&#8217;t forget to lock up before leaving home.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Lock yourself away<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Go somewhere away from people to study or work<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>I Lock myself away for a few weeks before exams.<br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/d3c1yyje0uguxm.cloudfront.net\/2022\/05\/Phrasal-Verbs-With-Lock-wordscoach.com_.jpg\" alt=\"Phrasal Verbs With 'Lock' - wordscoach.com\" class=\"wp-image-3619\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Read More\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/phrasal-verbs-with-live\/\">Phrasal Verbs With \u2018Live\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/phrasal-verbs-with-level\/\">Phrasal Verbs With \u2018Level\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phrasal verbs start with &#8216;Lock&#8217; (Phrasal Verbs With Lock). 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