lock on

verb

variants or lock onto
locked on or locked onto; locking on or locking onto; locks on or locks onto

transitive verb

: to acquire (something, such as a target or signal) automatically using a sensor (such as radar)

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For a while the club locked on to high school shortstops, investing heavily in guys like Nick Yorke, Marcelo Mayer and Mikey Romero at the top of the draft. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 5 July 2026 Teoscar Hernández took three steps before leaving the batter’s box, his bat outstretched and his eyes locked on the towering arc of a baseball leaving the field. — Katie Woo, New York Times, 4 July 2026 HubSpot Marketing Hub has unfortunately kept a tight lock on its optimization tools, meaning basic A/B testing remains strictly exclusive to the Professional tier and higher. — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026 Social Circle went as far as to put a lock on the water meter going to the property on the outskirts of town. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for lock on

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“Lock on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lock%20on. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

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