lock on to
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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When a bat has located potential prey, they start clicking more frequently, allowing them to lock on to their targets.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2024
Initially, Euclid's optics couldn't lock on to stars to take a steady image.
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023
That gives them 30% more surface area to lock on to one another, the researchers report today in Royal Society Open Science.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 10, 2021
Second, Rambaut noticed that eight of those mutations were on the spike protein, which helps the virus lock on to human cells.
From Reuters • Mar. 26, 2021
They surfed the radio dial trying to lock on to the artificial moon’s beeping, its sound like an otherworldly cricket.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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