shut off

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verb

1. stem the flow of (Freq. 1)
- shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation
• Syn:
close off
• Hypernyms:
discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. isolate or separate
- She was shut off from the friends
• Syn:
close off
• Hypernyms:
separate, divide
• Hyponyms:
curtain off
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s Adjective/Noun
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
3. block off the passage through
- We shut off the valve
• Syn:
block off, close off
• Hypernyms:
barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off,
block up, bar
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something