close off
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Verb | 1. | close off - stem the flow of; "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation" |
2. | close off - isolate or separate; "She was shut off from the friends" curtain off - separate by means of a curtain | |
3. | close off - block off the passage through; "We shut off the valve" |
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close
adjective1. Not far from another in space, time, or relation:
4. Nearly equivalent or even:
5. Not deviating from correctness, accuracy, or completeness:
8. Not speaking freely or openly:
9. Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money:
1. To move (a door, for example) in order to cover an opening:
shut.
2. To plug up something, as a hole, space, or container:
3. To bring or come to a natural or proper end:
close inphrasal verb
close offphrasal verb
close out
noun
1. A concluding or terminating:
2. The last part:
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