(with lock)
31lock horns with sb — lock horns (with sb) ► to become involved in a disagreement or argument with someone: »My first test as a manager early in my career was locking horns with a union representative at a print factory. lock horns (with sb) over sth »The White House… …
32lock horns — (with sb) ► to become involved in a disagreement or argument with someone: »My first test as a manager early in my career was locking horns with a union representative at a print factory. lock horns (with sb) over sth »The White House and… …
33lock horns (with) — phrase to become involved in something such as a fight or competition with someone Two of Rugby League’s top teams will lock horns with each other tomorrow. Thesaurus: to take part in a competition or gamesynonym to arguehyponym to defeat someone …
34Lock-up provision — is a term used in corporate finance which refers to the option granted by a seller to a buyer to purchase a target company’s stock as a prelude to a takeover. The major or controlling shareholder is then effectively locked up and is not free to… …
35lock horns with someone — lock horns (with (someone)) to argue with someone in a very determined way. In her new movie she plays a middle aged college student who locks horns with her professor. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of two fighting animals such as deer… …
36lock horns with — lock horns (with (someone)) to argue with someone in a very determined way. In her new movie she plays a middle aged college student who locks horns with her professor. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of two fighting animals such as deer… …
37Lock Wood Island — is an island in the River Thames in England just downstream of Nuneham House on the reach above Abingdon Lock.The island sits on a sharp bend in the river. It is densely covered with tall trees and has a narrow channel behind it. In the… …
38lock horns — (with (someone)) to argue with someone in a very determined way. In her new movie she plays a middle aged college student who locks horns with her professor. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of two fighting animals such as deer whose horns …
39lock out — index bar (exclude), eliminate (exclude) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
40lock-step — (n.) 1802, in military writing, for a very tight style of mass marching, from LOCK (Cf. lock) (n.) + STEP (Cf. step) (n.). Lock step. A mode of marching by a body of men going one after another as closely as possible, in which the leg of each… …
