locker room
US /ˈlɑː.kɚ ˌruːm/
UK /ˈlɑː.kɚ ˌruːm/
1.
a room in a sports facility, school, or workplace where people can change clothes and store their belongings in lockers
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The football team gathered in the locker room before the game.
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Please leave your valuables in the locker room.
2.
an environment or atmosphere, especially in sports, characterized by informal, often crude or competitive, male-dominated conversation and behavior
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His comments had a distinct locker room feel to them.
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The company culture sometimes felt like a locker room, with competitive banter and jokes.