to relock

Examples

• All

• She relocked the deadbolt, reengaged the security chain.

  Fiction book (1991)

• But among scraps of posters swept under the wardrobe, I find my harmonica, hurry outside, and relock the door.

  Fiction book (1993)

• If he did get in there somehow he was in a position to relock it and change the code.

  Riddick (2013)

• Time to use those muscles before the doors relock.

  Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018)

• Then she relocked the safe and returned to the main room.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Julie quickly closes the door and relocks it, her heart rate just beginning to rise again as ...

  Fiction book (1998)

• Lori drove home from the hospital, unlocked her front door, and relocked it from the inside.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Then he locked all the storeroom doors, erased his programs from the screen, let himself out, relocked the door, and started back down the hall.

  Fiction book (1997)

• He then puts the very convincing forgery back into the security cupboard and relocks it with David's key card.

  Fiction book (1997)

• He relocks the valve, replacing the cylinder into a circular, foam-filled nylon carrying case.

  Fiction book (1996)

Synonyms

L

to lock

vsto relock

602 2.5

To become stiff and unable to move a part of the body

is the same action but done again after being opened

L

to lock up

vsto relock

525 4.0

Put someone or something in a place where they cannot leave, for example a jail

focuses on doing the securing action again not on putting someone in a confined place

Antonyms

U

to unlock

165 1.0

To open a lock using a key or code

How Secure

to padlock

10 3.4

to relock

2 2.7

to lock

∞ 1.0

to bolt

41 2.8

to latch

20 2.5

to close

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

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Etymology