lock and load
(US, slang) To prepare for an imminent event.
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Born ~1793 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
I'm gonna play to win, so lock and load!
The right are enabling genocide and have systematically broken the country for regular citizens. Lock and load
2/ “We’re gonna lock and load, Private.” “High School Madness” w/ George Leroy Tirebiter youtu.be/4CdiJvH50Bc?...
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(US, slang) To prepare for an imminent event.
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(US, slang) Prepare for an imminent event.
: Lock and load, boy, lock and load.
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(US, slang) To prepare one's weapon.
“2/ “We’re gonna lock and load, Private.” “High School Madness” w/ George Leroy Tirebiter youtu.be/4CdiJvH50Bc?...”
“I'm gonna play to win, so lock and load!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The right are enabling genocide and have systematically broken the country for regular citizens. Lock and load”
— Bluesky· May 2026“2/ “We’re gonna lock and load, Private.” “High School Madness” w/ George Leroy Tirebiter youtu.be/4CdiJvH50Bc?...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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