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bar verb ( PREVENT )
/bɑːr /
/bɑːr/ v [T] (-rr-) Definition
to prevent something or someone from doing something or going somewhere, or to forbid (= refuse to allow) something
The centre of the town was barred to/US usually barred off to football supporters.
The incident led to him being barred from the country/barred from playing for England.
I tried to push past her but she barred my way/path (= stood in front of me and prevented me from getting past).
(Definition of bar verb (PREVENT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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