ausschließen

Verb

 * 1) to exclude, to debar;
 * 2) to rule out, to preclude
 * 3)  to lock out oneself
 * 1)  to lock out oneself
 * 1)  to lock out oneself
 * 1)  to lock out oneself

Usage notes

 * Before the 1996 German spelling reform, the past tense was conjugated as schloß aus, schlossest/schloßt aus, schloß aus, schlossen aus, schloßt aus, schlossen aus, while the reformed spellings use schloss- consistently.