Lock and Way

Lock

Lock noun - One that is certain to succeed.

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Way and lock are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Way" instead a noun "Lock".

Nearby Words: locked, lockup, locker, locket, lockout

Way noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.

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Lock and way are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lock" instead a noun "Way".

old	old lock	old way
good	good lock	good way
safe	safe lock	safe way
special	special lock	special way
Other adjectives: long, better, similar, right, positive, proper, simple, cheap, hard, big, bad, dark, new, strange, different, literal.

Similar to the Silent Hill example above, if "you failed to pick the lock", you can always try again; if "there is no way to pick this lock", you need a key.

Source: Locked Door
Instead, he fires five rounds from his revolver to separate the lock from the door and then opens it, "just like in the movies"—an unusual way of invoking the trope, since most movies don't bother with shoot-cutting the lock.

Source: Shoot Out the Lock
But there's a lock (often involving a complex computer combination lock) in the way.

Source: "Open!" Says Me

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