lock down

cerrar los accesos, confinar

Impedir que las personas entren, salgan o circulen por un lugar, normalmente para protegerlas de un peligro.

En inglés sencillo: To prevent people from entering or leaving a place, often to protect them from danger.

• Police locked down the building.
• The school was locked down after a threat.
• Officials locked the city down to slow the disease.

Cómo se usa: lock something down / lock down something (Police locked the station down.)

Sinónimos: seal off, close off

Antónimos: reopen

Expresiones frecuentes: lock down a school, lock down an area

concretar, cerrar, fijar

Dejar un acuerdo o un plan definitivamente establecido para que no cambie.

En inglés sencillo: To make an agreement or plan definite so that it will not change.

• Let’s lock down a date.
• We locked the deal down before the holiday.
• Have you locked down the details of the wedding yet?

Cómo se usa: lock something down / lock down something (We locked the final date down yesterday.)

Sinónimos: finalize, confirm, settle

Expresiones frecuentes: lock down a date, lock down the details

asegurar, fijar

Sujetar algo firmemente o protegerlo para que no puedan moverlo o llevárselo.

En inglés sencillo: To fasten something firmly or make it safe from being moved or taken.

• Lock down the equipment before we leave.
• They locked the cargo down with heavy straps.
• Have you locked the loose machinery down?

Cómo se usa: lock something down / lock down something (The crew locked the equipment down.)

Sinónimos: secure, fasten

Antónimos: release

Expresiones frecuentes: lock down something, lock down equipment

restringir el acceso, proteger

Permitir únicamente usuarios o acciones autorizados en un ordenador o una red.

En inglés sencillo: To allow only approved people or actions on a computer or network.

• We need to lock down the network.
• The company locked its computers down after the attack.
• Can you lock this server down so only approved users have access?

Cómo se usa: lock something down / lock down something (The administrator locked the server down.)

Sinónimos: secure, restrict access to

Expresiones frecuentes: lock down a network, lock down a computer

conseguir un compromiso de pareja

Conseguir que alguien acepte una relación amorosa en la que ninguno de los dos salga con otras personas.

En inglés sencillo: To get someone to agree to a romantic relationship in which neither person dates anyone else.

• He wants to lock her down as his girlfriend.
• She finally locked him down after months of casual dating.
• You cannot lock someone down if they do not want a relationship.

Cómo se usa: lock someone down / lock down someone (He wanted to lock her down as his girlfriend.)

Sinónimos: get to commit

Expresiones frecuentes: lock down someone, lock down a partner

descender por esclusas

Pasar en barco por esclusas de un canal hacia un nivel de agua más bajo.

En inglés sencillo: To travel by boat through canal locks towards a lower water level.

• We locked down to the lower canal.
• The boat locked down through four chambers before lunch.
• They will lock down towards the river tomorrow.

Cómo se usa: lock down through something (We locked down through three chambers.)

Sinónimos: descend through locks

Antónimos: lock up

Expresiones frecuentes: lock down the canal, lock down through gates