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have a lock on

verb as in assure

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Republicans have a lock on Iowa’s state government, with a Republican governor, a supermajority in the state Senate and a near-supermajority in the state House.

The revenge campaigns could push the legislature further to the right in a state where Republicans already have a lock on state government.

Not only do they have her and the people who came to the summit, Wade says, they also have a lock on the ship Mike uses as a mobile headquarters.

Democrats have a lock on statewide races in the overwhelmingly blue state, and for months the speculation was that two prominent House members from that party, Reps.

USA Basketball does not plan to name its team until the spring of 2024, but if healthy, Embiid seemed to have a lock on one of the 12 spots on the squad that will be coached by Kerr with assistants Erik Spoelstra of Miami, Tyronn Lue of the Los Angeles Clippers and Mark Few of Gonzaga.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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