Home & living
lock yourself out
be unable to enter accidentally
To accidentally leave yourself unable to enter a home, room, or vehicle because you have locked the door.
Hear it in real life
Why are you waiting on the doorstep?
I locked myself out again and left my keys inside.
I locked myself out of the house while putting the rubbish outside.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I locked me out of the flat.
Say: I locked myself out of the flat.
Use the reflexive pronoun "yourself" or "myself" when you cause this problem to yourself.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
lock yourself out of the flat; lock yourself out of the car; locked myself out
Your turn: say it out loud
I locked myself out of the house while putting the rubbish outside.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
lock yourself out
be unable to enter accidentally
“I locked myself out of the house while putting the rubbish outside.”
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