Add
Add verb - To join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase.
Lock
Lock verb - Fasten with a lock.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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You weep when you have a perfect example/trope to add to a page, only to find its under edit lock.
- Add to that the unfortunate fact that Prime 2's world is seriously lacking convenient shortcuts, and has many rooms, particularly in Torvus Bog, that lock you in for a mandatory fight.
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Spell RACE to lock pinballs for multiball, collect the various Jackpot bonuses, then freeze the Super Jackpot and add more balls for bigger points.
Source: Pinball / Nascar
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Lock and Add. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/add/lock
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Lock or Add. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/add/lock.
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