The elected representatives of the people were simply locked out for three months.
Locked out for the third time in his N.H.L. career, he returned to his hometown to play.
The N.F.L. players have been locked out for more than 100 days, and N.B.A. players may not be far behind.
If you buzz in before the lights go on, you're locked out for a fifth of a second.
The danger is to buzz too early, in which case the contestant is penalized and "locked out" for roughly a quarter of a second.
After being locked out for five months, the workers accepted a contract only slightly different from the one they had originally voted down.
The oil companies want desperately to regain access to the gulf's reserves, but they have been locked out for decades.
The players of the orchestra, unable to agree with management on a new contract since the old one expired on Oct. 1, 2012, have been locked out for a year.
Well, that bank is in need of a bailout, as is the smaller one across the Mississippi: the musicians of both the Minnesota Orchestra and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra have been locked out for most of the autumn.
The London fire authority will discuss payment arrangements for firefighters who go on strike, which the union said would lead to their members being effectively "locked out" for an entire shift during short periods of industrial action.
"Just as worrying is the mayor of London's proposal that instead of letting firefighters return to work after a short strike, they should be locked out for the day.
