close off
To seal or block the entrance to a road, an area, or a building so that people cannot…To seal or block the entrance to a road, an area, or a building so that people cannot enter.
» She came close to falling off the platform.
Sie wäre beinahe vom Bahnsteig gefallen.
Она чуть было не свалилась с платформы.
Meaning
1 sensesTo seal or block the entrance to a road, an area, or a building so that people cannot enter.
The police closed off the street while they investigated the murder scene.
- isolate or separate
- stem the flow of
- block off the passage through
Examples
18 sentencesShe came close to falling off the platform.
ruОна чуть было не свалилась с платформы. — venticello
deSie wäre beinahe vom Bahnsteig gefallen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Park Street is closed off.
The rangers closed off the area.
Mark closed himself off from all his emotions.
Don't close me off.
Forms
closes off, closing off, closed off, closed off| Base form | close off · to close off |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | closes off |
| Present participle | closing off |
| Past simple | closed off |
| Past participle | closed off |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
7 phrasal verbs- close upзакрити, зачинитиTo close (remove a gap) completely or fully.
- close outзакрити, зачинитиTo terminate; to call the end of.
- close inпритягнути, притягтиTo enclose, lock up inside something.
- close downзакрити, зачинитиTo stop trading as a business.
- close offTo seal or block the entrance to a road, an area, or a building so that people cannot enter.
- close withTo fight in a battle with (someone).
- close roundTo surround (someone, something); to form a circle.
Synonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb