closesomethingoff
phrasal verbwithcloseverbuk/kləʊz/us/kloʊz/
C1
to put somethingacrosstheentranceof aplacetostoppeoplefromentering:
Policequicklyclosedoff thearea.
Closing and blocking
- barricade
- batten
- batten down the hatchesidiom
- be snowed upidiom
- blocksomethingoff
- bung
- choke
- congest
- cork
- dam
- damsomethingup
- ensconce
- gum
- sealsomethingoff
- self-seal
- self-sealing
- shut
- shutsomeone/somethingin(something)
- silt
- the darkest hour is just before the dawnidiom