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lock off

lock off verb: to stop talking to (someone); to cut (someone) out; to ghost (someone).

Verb

lock off (third-person singular simple present lock offs, present participle locking off, simple past and past participle locked off)

  1. (slang) To stop talking to (someone); to cut (someone) out; to ghost (someone).
    • Tina locked me off when she found out what happened.
  2. (informal) To keep (someone) out of (something or someplace) using a lock.
    • They locked me off the property.
  3. To turn in the warp thread or strands of a piece of cloth when finished to stop strands unravelling.

Forms of lock off

third-person singular presentlock offs
present participlelocking off
past participlelocked off
pastlocked off

Questions about lock off

What does lock off mean?
Lock off means to stop talking to (someone); to cut (someone) out; to ghost (someone).
What part of speech is lock off?
Lock off is a verb.
What is the past tense of lock off?
The past tense of lock off is locked off.

Words near lock off in the dictionary

  1. lock into
  2. lock it in, Eddie
  3. lock key
  4. lock keys
  5. lock lips
  6. lock off
  7. lock offs
  8. lock on
  9. lock out
  10. lock outs
  11. lock pick

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