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lock

verb arrest, attach, band, bar, barricade, block, blockade, bolt, cage, catch, cement, check, cinch, clasp, close, close fast, concludere, confine, connect, couple, curb, cut off, dam, encircle, enclose, enthrall, entwine, fasten, fuse, glue, grapple, hamper, hinder, hold, immobilize, immure, impede, impound, imprison, incarcerate, inhibit, jail, join, link, lock up, make fast, make inseperable, obserere, obstruct, occlude, padlock, pen, prohibit, putbehind bars, restrain, restrict, seal, secure, shackle, shut out, shut up, stop, trap, unite, weld, yoke
Associated concepts: lockout

See also: close, connect, fetter, fix, occlude, seal, shut

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IT was diet divas at dawn this week as soap doyennes-turned fitness "gurus" Hannah Waterman and Natalie Cassidy locked horns.

Minder your own business, says Hannah

Acting Governor Tahir Khan Sabri told Pajhwok Afghan News the bombing occurred this afternoon in Ovom area of Nader Shah Kot district, where the tribes have locked horns over barren land.

Two tribesmen killed in US air strike

THE X Factor beat Strictly Come Dancing as the titans of weekend telly locked horns in the battle for viewers.

Strictly losing it; X FACTOR'S AMY TELLS OF HER FAMILY HEARTACHE

We locked horns on a number of occasions, but I'm a lover not a fighter; I believe in collaborating and not being unnecessarily aggressive and rude, so we got on like a house on fire because we have so much in common.

Alan dishes out sweet charity; TV Choice SPORT RELIEF DOES THE APPRENTICE (BBC1, 9pm)

Alnwick District Council and nPower Renewables locked horns at the hearing, attended by placard-waving supporters and protesters outside Northumberland Hall, in Alnwick.