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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

References in periodicals archive ?

Bhubneshwar/ Thiruvananthapuram/ Kolkata, March 4 (ANI): India's ruling Congress party locked horns with main opposition Hindu nationalists Bharatiya Janata Party as general elections are coming closer.

Political activity hots up in India

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.

Wind farm inquiry is under way

It's a similar tale at Tynecastle with Hearts owner Vladimir Romanov who has locked horns with a whole series of managers - all ultimately shunted out of the door.

Football: ROMAN A VLAD HAND

The management of the Washington Ballet has again locked horns with its dancers and their union, the American Guild of Musical Artists, over collective bargaining issues.

More Washington woes

Last month, the New York Times reported that the two real estate moguls had locked horns over an easement for a converted condominium building at 57 Front St.