locking

Speech parts

1. locking - Noun

2. locking - Verb

4. Locking - Proper noun

Meaning

of Lock

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in all its real glory? Charles de Lint

I went down the street to the 24-hour grocery. When I got there, the guy was locking the front door. I said, 'Hey, the sign says you're open 24 hours.' He said, 'Yes, but not in a row.' Steven Wright

Let them go, I tell myself. Say good-bye and forget them. I do my best, thinking of them one by one, releasing them like birds from the protective cages inside me, locking the doors against their return. Suzanne Collins

I certainly don't know if you could claim that every theft is wrong, but I'll prove to you that every theft is forbidden, by simply locking you up. Karel Čapek

It's no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted. Irish Proverb

It's no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted. English Proverb

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