shut sb/sth in (sth)
— phrasal verb with shut uk/ʃʌt/us/ʃʌt/verb [ I or T ] present participle shutting, past tense and past participle shut
to prevent someone or something from leaving a place, usually by closing or fastening a door or gate:
The cat was shut in the garage all night.
He was so upset that he shut himself in his bedroom and refused to come out.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Closing and blocking
- barricade
- batten
- batten down the hatches idiom
- block sth off
- block sth up
- dam
- dam sth up
- dark
- ensconce
- ensconced
- gum
- gum sth up
- jam
- seal
- shut (sth) off
- shutter
- silt (sth) up
- snap
- the darkest hour is just before the dawn idiom
- wedge
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