have a lock on
Example Sentences
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But she doesn’t have a lock on San Fernando High School alumni: At least one fellow Tiger, comedian George Lopez, has endorsed Caruso.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2022
But he doesn’t have a lock on the diversity vote.
From Washington Times • May 5, 2022
A small group of families have a lock on the country’s important economic sectors, from imports to banking, according to Fritz Alphonse Jean, a former prime minister and past governor of Haiti’s Central Bank.
From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2021
Even so, Smith does not have a lock on staying with the starters for the Oct. 18 season opener.
From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2017
“I'm going to be eighteen in a month. I think I should be allowed to have a lock on my door.”
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
