shut sb/sth out
— phrasal verb with shut uk/ʃʌt/us/ʃʌt/verb [ I or T ] present participle shutting, past tense and past participle shut
(PREVENT ENTRY)
to stop someone or something from entering or getting back inside a house or other building:
The wind blew the door closed behind me and now I'm shut out (of the house).
Don't forget to shut the cat out when you leave for work.
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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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(NOT INCLUDE)
to not include a person or organization in an activity:
Anna felt shut out of the conversation.
What are the chances of peace if we shut the terrorists out of negotiations?
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Excluding
- acid-free
- alienate
- apart
- bar
- barring
- cut
- discount
- exclude
- excluding
- exclusion
- exclusive
- exclusively
- freeze sb out
- hold
- otherwise
- out of it idiom
- outside
- present
- present company excepted idiom
- send
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