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lock·​out | ˈläk-ˌau̇t

: the withholding of employment by an employer and the whole or partial closing of the business establishment in order to gain concessions from or resist demands of employees

lock out

verb

locked out; locking out; locks out

transitive verb

: to subject (a body of employees) to a lockout

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