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What (who) is 2am Lockout - definition
2am Lockout
The "2am Lockout" was the name of a 2008 initiative set up by the Victorian Labor Government to curb alcohol-related violence in Melbourne. The three-month trial period began on 2 June 2008 and lasted until 2 September of that year.
Lockout
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Lock out; Lockout (disambiguation); Lock Out
·noun The closing of a factory or workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages.
lock out
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Lock out; Lockout (disambiguation); Lock Out
1.
If someone locks you out of a place, they prevent you entering it by locking the doors.
They had had a row, and she had locked him out of the apartment...
My husband's locked me out.
PHRASAL VERB: V n P of n, V n P
2.
If you lock yourself out of a place, such as your house, you cannot get in because the door is locked and you do not have your keys.
The new tenants locked themselves out of their apartment and had to break in...
There had been a knock at the door and when she opened it she locked herself out...
The wind had made the door swing closed, and she was now locked out.
PHRASAL VERB: V pron-refl P of n, V pron-refl P, V-ed P
3.
In an industrial dispute, if a company locks its workers out, it closes the factory or office in order to prevent the employees coming to work. (BUSINESS)
The company locked out the workers, and then the rest of the work force went on strike.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P
