shutsomeone/somethingout
phrasal verbwithshutverb[IorT]uk/ʃʌt/us/ʃʌt/present participleshutting|past tense and past participleshut
(PREVENT ENTRY)
tostopsomeone or something fromenteringor getting back inside ahouseor otherbuilding:
Thewindblewthedoorclosedbehind me and now I'mshutout (ofthehouse).
Don'tforgettoshutthecatout when youleaveforwork.
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
(NOT INCLUDE)
to notincludeapersonororganizationin anactivity:
Annafeltshutoutoftheconversation.
What are thechancesofpeaceif weshuttheterroristsoutofnegotiations?
Excluding
- acid-free
- apart
- bar
- barring
- clannish
- count
- discount
- exclusion
- exclusive
- exclusively
- exclusivity
- freezesomeoneout
- hold
- leavesomething/someoneoffsomething
- ostracize
- otherwise
- out of itidiom
- outlier
- overdiscount
- stand-alone