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lock under

lock under verb: to serve a life sentence in prison.

Verb

lock under (third-person singular simple present locks under, present participle locking under, simple past and past participle locked under)

  1. (intransitive, slang, transitive, African-American Vernacular) To serve a life sentence in prison.
    • He's gonna get locked under a cell.
    • You won't see him around anymore, he got locked under.

Forms of lock under

third-person singular presentlocks under
present participlelocking under
past participlelocked under
pastlocked under

Questions about lock under

What does lock under mean?
Lock under means to serve a life sentence in prison.
What part of speech is lock under?
Lock under is a verb.
What is the past tense of lock under?
The past tense of lock under is locked under.

Words near lock under in the dictionary

  1. lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen
  2. lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
  3. lock through
  4. lock time
  5. lock times
  6. lock under
  7. lock up
  8. lock'd
  9. lock, stock and barrel
  10. lock-down
  11. lock-downs

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