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title: "locked in · GenZ Decoded"
description: "locked in: Completely focused and committed to what you are doing. Example: \"Phone face down, notes out, she was locked in.\" Meaning and usage."
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# locked in

Gen Z[#lifestyle](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/lifestyle/)

**Meaning.** Completely focused and committed to what you are doing.

See it in a sentence

Phone face down, notes out, she was locked in.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    locked in,[lock in](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/lock-in/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    [grind](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/grind/)

- Gen X

    [bust one's ass](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/bust-ones-ass/)

- Boomer

    [balls to the wall](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/balls-to-the-wall/),[TCB](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/tcb/)

- Plain English

    completely focused and committed to what you are doing

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## Related slang

- [literally me](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/literally-me/): A phrase used when someone strongly identifies with a character, image, or situation.
- [lock in](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/lock-in/): To focus intensely and get fully committed to a task.
- [low-key](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/low-key/): Describes something subtle, quiet, or kept on the down-low; also means 'kind of.'
- [mad](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/mad/): Used as an intensifier meaning 'really,' 'very,' or 'a lot.'

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