be locked insomething
phrasal verbwithlockverbuk/lɒk/us/lɑːk/
to bepreventedfrommovingby something:
We werelockedintrafficfor over twohourson the wayhome.
If you arelockedin asituationorprocess, it isimpossiblefor you toescapeor makeprogressfrom it:
Bothpartieswishtoavoidbeinglockedindiscussionsthat willresolvenothing.
Immobility
- anti-jamming
- boxed in
- budge
- cataleptic
- firm
- hold
- immovable
- jam
- jammed
- lifelessly
- lock
- motionless
- non-mobile
- rest
- static
- stationary
- stock-still
- time stands stillidiom
- transfixed
- unwavering
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Lack of freedom to act