lock under

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lock under (third-person singular simple present locks under, present participle locking under, simple past and past participle locked under)

1. (transitive, intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To serve a life sentence in prison.

   He's gonna get locked under a cell.

   You won't see him around anymore, he got locked under.