lock
noun
a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
will have locked
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future perfectof lock.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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It will have locked display cases in 70% of its stores by the end of the year.
From Reuters ● Jun. 29, 2023
When the Valhalla news becomes official, the PGA of America will have locked in venues for the PGA Championship in nine of the next 13 years.
From Golf Digest ● Nov. 12, 2017
This is a double door, and Mr. Arnold will have locked all the doors between this and the picture-gallery.
From David Elginbrod by George MacDonald
Trot, mare, trot, or I'll be late, And Billing will have locked his Gate.
From Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 31, 1916 by Various
