relock

verb

re·​lock (ˌ)rē-ˈläk 

relocked; relocking

transitive + intransitive

: to lock (something) again

relocked the car after getting inside

a door that automatically relocks when closed

… you could not expand notifications and they would just disappear if you relocked your phone. The former issue has been fixed … . However, any items still disappear when the phone relocks.

—Jordan Palmer

Word History

First Known Use

1784, in the meaning defined above