Word Finder - lockout

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The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.

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The action of installing a lock to keep someone out of an area, such as eviction of a tenant by changing the lock.

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(by extension) The exclusion of others from a certain place or situation.

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It's another front-row lockout for Mercedes on the starting grid of the Japanese Grand Prix.

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A situation where the system is not responding to input.

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A safety device designed to prevent touching a moving part when it is under operation.

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The final portion of a weightlifting motion where all applicable limbs or joints are fully extended or "locked out".

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An exercise meant to increase strength in the lockout portion of a lifting motion.

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2016, Christian Thibaudeau, “Tip: For Bigger Triceps, Do Heavy Lockouts”, T-Nation.

Last year there was an oil ' strike ' in Venezuela, really a bosses ' lockout aimed at bringing down Chávez's government.

The terrible defeat of the 40-hour strike in 1919 and the engineers ' lockout of 1922 killed off the shop stewards movement.

Apples DRM includes region lockout 1 What could it all mean?

Congress is getting upset at carmakers using data format lockout to stop their customers getting repairs done at independent dealers.

Entirely independent of encryption, region coding pertains to regional lockout, which originated in the video game industry.

Rider can reset the system back to lockout mode by depressing the lockout mode by depressing the lockout dial.

This sample demonstrates the automatic account lockout ability, as well as how to unlock a user once the account is locked out.

The new British Army TERRIER engineer vehicle will also use a version of the Hydrogas suspension with suspension lockout.

This indicates safety lockout mode, loss of signal, glitches and motor on/off status at a glance.

Photograph of medals presented to T G Nicholas for services rendered in the class war during the great mining lockout of 1926.

The chief of the bureau of labour statistics is directed in case of danger of a strike or lockout to seek to mediate between the parties and if unsuccessful in that, then to endeavour to secure their consent to the formation of a board of arbitration.