lock down

See also: lock-down and lockdown

English

Verb

lock down (third-person singular simple present locks down, present participle locking down, simple past and past participle locked down)

  1. (transitive) to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety
    Police have the area locked down until the situation is all-clear.
  2. (transitive) to limit the use of a computer network to only users with permission
  3. (transitive) to make an arrangement secure, definite, or permanent; fix
  4. (transitive, slang) to cause another to enter into an exclusive romantic relationship
    It took me some time, but I finally locked her down.
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