cordonsomethingoff
phrasal verbwithcordonverbuk/ˈkɔː.dən/us/ˈkɔːr.dən/
Ifpeopleinauthority, such as thepolice,cordonoff abuildingorarea, they put something around it inordertostoppeoplefromenteringit:
They've cordoned off thewholeareabecause of asuspectedbomb.
Isolating and separating
- at one/this etc. removeidiom
- Brexit
- compartmentalization
- compartmentalize
- conesomethingoff
- disengage
- free-floating
- hard Brexitidiom
- insulation
- insulator
- intersect
- ropesomething/somewhereoff
- screensomethingoff
- seclude
- segregate
- self-isolation
- wrench
- wrenching
- zonal
- zonally