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"forms": [
{
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"tags": [
"present",
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},
{
"form": "locking down",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
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{
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}
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"text": "Police have the area locked down until the situation is all-clear.",
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}
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"To secure (something); to blockade and lock (a building or campus) so as to prevent ingress or egress; to make (people) stay locked indoors for their safety."
],
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"(transitive) To secure (something); to blockade and lock (a building or campus) so as to prevent ingress or egress; to make (people) stay locked indoors for their safety."
],
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{
"_dis1": "74 0 0 0 26",
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}
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{
"_dis1": "62 2 29 4 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety",
"word": "confinar"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 2 29 4 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety",
"word": "confiner"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 2 29 4 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety",
"word": "confinar"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 2 29 4 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety",
"word": "confinare"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 2 29 4 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety",
"word": "confinar"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 2 29 4 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety",
"word": "confinar"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 2 29 4 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety",
"word": "cerrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 2 29 4 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety",
"word": "encerrar"
}
]
},
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To limit the use of (a computer network) to only users with permission."
],
"id": "en-lock_down-en-verb-JcW4qqqg",
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"limit",
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]
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"(transitive) To limit the use of (a computer network) to only users with permission."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
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{
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"name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (down)",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To make (an arrangement) secure, definite, or permanent; to fix."
],
"id": "en-lock_down-en-verb-JMGOqUqK",
"links": [
[
"fix",
"fix"
]
],
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"(transitive) To make (an arrangement) secure, definite, or permanent; to fix."
],
"tags": [
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"name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (down)",
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],
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"text": "It took me some time, but I finally locked her down.",
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}
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"glosses": [
"To cause (another person) to enter into an exclusive romantic relationship."
],
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"(transitive, slang) To cause (another person) to enter into an exclusive romantic relationship."
],
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]
},
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"word": "lock up"
}
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],
"glosses": [
"To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in a downhill direction."
],
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],
[
"lock",
"lock"
],
[
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"waterway"
],
[
"downhill",
"downhill"
]
],
"qualifier": "boating",
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"(intransitive, boating) To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in a downhill direction."
],
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}
],
"word": "lock down"
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"English multiword terms",
"English phrasal verbs",
"English phrasal verbs with particle (down)",
"English verbs"
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"noun"
],
"word": "lock-down"
},
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"tags": [
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"singular",
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},
{
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"present"
]
},
{
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{
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}
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"English transitive verbs"
],
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"text": "Police have the area locked down until the situation is all-clear.",
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],
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"To secure (something); to blockade and lock (a building or campus) so as to prevent ingress or egress; to make (people) stay locked indoors for their safety."
],
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"secure",
"secure"
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],
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"(transitive) To secure (something); to blockade and lock (a building or campus) so as to prevent ingress or egress; to make (people) stay locked indoors for their safety."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
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"To limit the use of (a computer network) to only users with permission."
],
"links": [
[
"limit",
"limit"
]
],
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"(transitive) To limit the use of (a computer network) to only users with permission."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
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"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
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"To make (an arrangement) secure, definite, or permanent; to fix."
],
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"fix",
"fix"
]
],
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"(transitive) To make (an arrangement) secure, definite, or permanent; to fix."
],
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"transitive"
]
},
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"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
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"text": "It took me some time, but I finally locked her down.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cause (another person) to enter into an exclusive romantic relationship."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, slang) To cause (another person) to enter into an exclusive romantic relationship."
],
"tags": [
"slang",
"transitive"
]
},
{
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{
"word": "lock up"
}
],
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in a downhill direction."
],
"links": [
[
"flight",
"flight"
],
[
"lock",
"lock"
],
[
"waterway",
"waterway"
],
[
"downhill",
"downhill"
]
],
"qualifier": "boating",
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, boating) To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in a downhill direction."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
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}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety",
"word": "confinar"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety",
"word": "confiner"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety",
"word": "confinar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety",
"word": "confinare"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety",
"word": "confinar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety",
"word": "confinar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety",
"word": "cerrar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety",
"word": "encerrar"
}
],
"word": "lock down"
}
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