Lock
Lock verb - Fasten with a lock.
Resist
Resist verb - To refuse to give in to.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels has a traffic warden held prisoner by the criminals and beaten up, then recovered by the heroes — who can't resist beating him up themselves.
Source: Traffic Wardens - Kick Them While They Are Down: Central 46 have Ichigo ambushed, arrest him and lock him in chains and imprison him when he's too injured from torture and his fight with Aizen to resist.
Source: Fan Fic / Swinging Pendulum -
After all, who can resist the urge to blow up someone else's expensive personalized car they spent 30 minutes customizing to their tastes while riding in a chopper or tank equipped with long range explosives and lock on targeting?
Source: Sidetracked by the Gold Saucer
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Resist and Lock. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/lock/resist
Lock & Resist. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/lock/resist>.
Resist or Lock. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/lock/resist.
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