lockdown
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- noun
- /ˈlɑkˌdaʊn/
:
confinamiento
- The school was placed under lockdown after reports of a potential threat nearby.
- 23-hour lockdown
This one is more like we're on lockdown, brows are not moving done.
- This one is more like we're on lockdown, brows are not moving done.
- I found the passing of your mum during lockdown particularly upsetting.
- And still politicians are going for these kind of lockdowns that everybody hates.
- So my plan is because of the lockdown, my business model has changed.
- France is in lockdown, you know, UK is in lockdown.
- I know what lockdown in Wuhan kind of feels like.
- We have been in another lockdown now since December.
- So what deliberately happened with lockdown and with our society?
Examples
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The building, located on 10th Street South and Nicollet Mall, had been put on lockdown as police responded.
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Like many people right now, I am in lockdown in the UK, working from home.
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France is in lockdown, you know, UK is in lockdown.
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So my plan is because of the lockdown, my business model has changed.
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Well, we are tired and the lockdown is making us poor.
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After the shooting, the school was put on lockdown for several hours.
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The whole unit's on lockdown this week.
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How long do you think this COVID lockdown is going to go for?
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Police said they had Jones' home on lockdown and were searching to see if there were any other victims.
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A nearby elementary school was placed on lockdown right after the incident, but the lockdown was lifted shortly thereafter.
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Etymology
Lockdown is a simple mix of lock ('close' or 'fasten') and down ('stop' or 'lower'), so imagine doors locked and movement brought to a stop; that's why a lockdown means people must stay in one place and movement is limited for safety.