lock down

== English == === Verb === lock down (third-person singular simple present locks down, present participle locking down, simple past and past participle locked down) (transitive) To secure (something). Coordinate terms: lock away, lock in, lock out, lock up 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. (transitive) To limit the use of (a computer network) to only users with permission. (transitive) To make (an arrangement) secure, definite, or permanent; to fix. (transitive, slang) To cause (another person) to enter into an exclusive romantic relationship. (intransitive, boating) To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in a downhill direction. Antonym: lock up Hypernym: lock through ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== belock ==== Translations ====