close off

Meaning

1. close sth off

   to separate sth from other parts so that people cannot use it

   The entrance to the train station was closed off following the explosion.

In the movies · 9

• Can you close off your feelings so you don't get crippled...Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse2018
• Close it off, gentlemen.The Dark Knight Rises2012
• Better to close off your heart than feel the pain.Thor: Love and Thunder2022
• We better start closing off the outside doors.The Thing1982
• He keeps closing off more and more of the world. It's a problem.I'm Thinking of Ending Things2020
• Luckily, I was able to close it off. I couldn't catch him though.Elemental2023
• Once they got too close, I backed off.Holidate2020

From the same entry

• close the book on
• close its doors
• close your mind to
• close ranks
• close the door on
• shut your ears to
• shut your eyes to
• with your eyes shut
• close down
• close in
• close in
• close out