shut sth off
(AREA) — phrasal verb with shut /ʃʌt/ verb [I or T] (present tense shutting, past tense and past participle shut)Definition
› to prevent something from being reached or seen: The music room is shut off from the rest of the house by a soundproof partition. A row of tall fir trees shuts off the view of the street in front.Closing and blocking
(Definition of shut sth off (AREA) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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shut sb/sth out phrasal verb (NOT INCLUDE)
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shut sb/sth out phrasal verb (PREVENT ENTRY)
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shut sb/sth up phrasal verb
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shut sth away phrasal verb
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shut sth in sth phrasal verb
- shut sth off phrasal verb (AREA)
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shut sth off phrasal verb (SUPPLY)
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shut sth out phrasal verb
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shut up shop idiom
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shut verb (CLOSE)
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shut verb (STOP OPERATING)
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Synonyms and related words:
- barricade verb
- batten down the hatches idiom
- block noun (OBJECT BLOCKING)
- block sth off phrasal verb
- block sth up phrasal verb
- block verb
- blockage noun
- dam sth up phrasal verb
- dam verb
- ensconce verb
- ensconced adjective
- gum sth up phrasal verb
- seal verb (COVERING)
- shut sb/sth out phrasal verb (PREVENT ENTRY)
- shut verb (CLOSE)
- silt (sth) up phrasal verb
- snap verb (MOVE QUICKLY)
- stop verb (BLOCK)
- the darkest hour is just before the dawn idiom
- wedge verb
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Closing and blocking
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