lock down (English, verb)
expansion: lock down (third-person singular simple present locks down, present participle locking down, simple past and past participle locked down)
Senses:
glosses: To secure (something).
To 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.
tags: transitive
glosses: To secure (something).
To limit the use of (a computer network) to only users with permission.
tags: transitive
glosses: To make (an arrangement) secure, definite, or permanent; to fix.
tags: transitive
glosses: To cause (another person) to enter into an exclusive romantic relationship.
tags: slang
transitive
qualifier: boating
glosses: To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in a downhill direction.
tags: intransitive
Forms:
form: locks down
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: locking down
tags: participle
present
form: locked down
tags: participle
past
form: locked down
tags: past