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Teal lime Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Get locked in

What does "to get locked in" mean?

And what is the difference between "to get locked in" and "to be locked in"?

Thank you.

  

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get = become Somebody puts you in a room with only one door. They leave the room and lock the door. You have just got locked in.

— CalifJim

  • get = become Somebody puts you in a room with only one door.
  • They leave the room and lock the door.
  • You have just got locked in.
  • (get locked in ~ become locked in) Now you cannot leave the room.
  • You are locked in.
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get = become

Somebody puts you in a room with only one door.
They leave the room and lock the door.
You have just got locked in. (get locked in ~ become locked in)
Now you cannot leave the room.
You are locked in. (be locked in)

If you have gotten locked in, you are now locked in.

The same applies to the following and others:

get warm > be warm

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