shutout
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shutout
- /ˈʃʌtˌaʊt/
Where it comes from
Deverbal from shut out.
noun shutouts
- Closing and forbidding entry, as a lockout in which management prevents works from working. A shutout is a reverse strike: the union complained and the workers wanted to work, but management was opposed.
- A game that ends with the losing side being held scoreless. The score wasn't just lopsided: it was a shutout.
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