Lock out
Lock out verb - Prevent employees from working during a strike.
Sweep up
Sweep up verb - Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action.
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Sweep up and Lock out. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/lock_out/sweep_up
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