lock down

Verb

transitive slang intransitive

Japanese Meaning

（場所や空間を）封鎖し、安全を確保するために人々の出入りを制限する / （コンピュータネットワークの利用を）特定の許可を持つユーザーのみに限定する

Please lock down the storeroom before you leave.

出発する前に物置を施錠してください。

Sense（1）

(transitive) To secure; to make people stay locked indoors for their safety.

Police have the area locked down until the situation is all-clear.

Sense（2）

(transitive) To limit the use of a computer network to only users with permission.

Sense（3）

(transitive) To make an arrangement secure, definite, or permanent; to fix.

Sense（4）

(transitive, slang) To cause another to enter into an exclusive romantic relationship.

It took me some time, but I finally locked her down.

Sense（5）

(intransitive, boating) To travel through a flight of locks on a waterway in a downhill direction.

locks down

（ present singular third-person ）

locking down

（ participle present ）

locked down

（ participle past ）

locked down

（ past ）