shutsomeone/somethingin(something)
phrasal verbwithshutverb[IorT]uk/ʃʌt/us/ʃʌt/present participleshutting|past tense and past participleshut
topreventsomeone or something fromleavingaplace, usually byclosingorfasteningadoororgate:
Thecatwasshutin thegarageallnight.
He was soupsetthat heshuthimselfin hisbedroomandrefusedto come out.
Closing and blocking
- barricade
- batten
- batten down the hatchesidiom
- be snowed upidiom
- blocksomethingoff
- bung
- choke
- closet
- congest
- cork
- dam
- damsomethingup
- gum
- sealsomethingin
- sealsomethingoff
- self-seal
- self-sealing
- shut
- silt
- the darkest hour is just before the dawnidiom