Home & living

get locked out

be unable to enter

To be unable to enter a place or use an account because it is locked or your access has been blocked.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Can you open the door?

No, I got locked out of my account again.

Play the conversation

I got locked out of my flat because I left my keys at work.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: get locked outside of my house

Say: get locked out of my house

Use "locked out of" for a place or account that you cannot access.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

get locked out; get locked out of the house; get locked out of an account

Your turn: say it out loud

I got locked out of my flat because I left my keys at work.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

get locked out

be unable to enter

“I got locked out of my flat because I left my keys at work.”

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