Corrected entry: There's no way Annie could have locked herself in the laundry room considering the lock is on the outside of the door.
Jon Sandys
29th Oct 2015
Halloween (1978)
Correction: It's not a figure of speech since the door magically locked itself because the wind blew it shut. She tried to open it and it wouldn't open because the lock is on the outside. Why do you think she was trying to get out the window?
The point is she didn't literally lock herself in - she was locked in. Personally I think it's a minor semantic difference - she may well just think she did something wrong that led to the door locking itself. Regardless it's a standard turn of phrase, if technically inaccurate.
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Correction: It's a figure of speech when one says 'I/you locked myself/yourself in/out'. She was alone, nobody knew that Michael was skulking around, and she got locked in the laundry room. Anyone would say they locked themselves in.
dewinela
That's pure opinion, not a correction.
Charles Austin Miller
In this scene, you can literally see her turn the lock knob which is above the handle before she tries to get out.