close sth off
— phrasal verb with close uk/kləʊz/us/kloʊz/verb
C1 to put something across the entrance of a place to stop people from entering:
Police quickly closed off the area.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Closing and blocking
- barricade
- batten
- batten down the hatches idiom
- block sth off
- block sth up
- dam sth up
- dark
- ensconce
- ensconced
- gum
- gum sth up
- jam
- occlude
- seal
- shut (sth) off
- shutter
- silt (sth) up
- snap
- the darkest hour is just before the dawn idiom
- wedge
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