close off

• Фразовый глагол, означающий блокировать или запечатывать вход, проход или территорию, чтобы предотвратить доступ или передвижение.

A phrasal verb meaning to block or seal an entrance, passage, or area to prevent access or movement.

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

1. Block accessformal

   To prevent entry or passage to a place, often by using barriers or locks.

   Перекрыть

   • The police closed off the street due to the accident.
   • They closed off the entrance to the building for repairs.
   • The area was closed off to the public during the investigation.

   Synonymsbarricadeblock offcordon offcut offobstructseal offshut off

   Antonymsclearopenunblockunlock

2. Isolate or separateinformal

   To make something or someone isolated or disconnected from others.

   Изолировать или отделить

   • She closed herself off from her friends after the argument.
   • The company closed off that department from the rest of the office.
   • He closed off his emotions to avoid getting hurt.

   Synonymscordon offcut offisolatesecludesegregateseparatesequestershut off

   Antonymsconnectopenunite

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