bar

/bɑːr/ verb [T] (present participle barring, past tense and past participle barred)

Translation

PREVENT › to officially prevent someone doing something or going somewhere, or to prevent something happening

engel olmak, resmen engellemek, yasaklamak, kapatmak

[+ from + doing sth] The court barred him from contacting his former wife. The government barred demonstrations during the state visit.68770119662317

KEEP OUT › to stop someone going into a place

girmesine izin vermemek, engel olmak

A line of policemen barred the entrance to the camp.1966701

CLOSE › to close and lock a door or gate

kapatmak, önlemek, engellemek

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(Definition of bar verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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