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lock someone/thing in (or into)1Involve someone or something in (a difficult or competitive situation): they were locked in a legal battle...- Historically, war locks nations into an economy where preparation and fighting consumes billions of dollars.
- On his travels, Sachs started noticing geographic, historic and social circumstances that lock countries into poverty traps.
- As the government's increase in prescription charges shows, we are not locked into a situation where changes cannot be made.
1.1Oblige a person or company to abide by the terms of a contract for a specific period: you’re locked in to the society’s standard variable rate throughout that time...- It is not just PFI schools that find themselves locked into long-term contracts.
- Or because rates were moving so fast, they never locked in the promised rate.
- The owners are demanding the lengthening of rookie contracts, which lock players into a preset wage scale, from the present three-year agreement to five years.
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