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Verb	1.	lock in - close with or as if with a tight seal; "This vacuum pack locks in the flavor!" seal in confine - prevent from leaving or from being removed
	2.	lock in - place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe" lock away, put away, shut away, shut up, lock up, lock confine - prevent from leaving or from being removed

Translations

يُقْفِل الباب على

zamknout

låse inde

læsa inni

kilitlenip/kilitleyip içerde kalmak

关在里面

w>lock in

vt sep

(= shut in) person, animal → einschließen; to be locked in → eingesperrt sein

we’re locked into this supplier → wir sind an diesen Lieferanten gebunden; I don’t want to get myself locked in → ich will mich nicht zu sehr binden; to lock in on an idea → sich in eine Idee verbeißen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

lock¹

(lok) noun

1. a mechanism for fastening doors etc. He put the key in the lock.

2. a closed part of a canal for raising or lowering boats to a higher or lower part of the canal.

3. the part of a gun by which it is fired.

4. a tight hold (in wrestling etc).

verb

to fasten or become fastened with a lock. She locked the drawer; This door doesn't lock.

ˈlocker noun

a small cupboard, especially for sports equipment.

ˈlocket (-kit) noun

a little ornamental case hung round the neck. a gold locket containing a piece of his hair.

ˈlocksmith noun

a person who makes and mends locks.

lock in

to prevent from getting out of a building etc by using a lock. She found she was locked in, and had to climb out of the window.

lock out

to prevent from getting into a building etc by using a lock. Don't lock yourself out (of the house) by forgetting to take your key with you.

lock up

1. to confine or prevent from leaving or being taken away by using a lock. to lock up a prisoner / one's jewellery.

2. to lock whatever should be locked. He locked up and left the shop about 5.30 p.m.

lock in

w>lock in

lock1

lock¹