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Shut off Common

Shut off has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

stem the flow of

"shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation"

2

isolate or separate

"She was shut off from the friends"

3

block off the passage through

"We shut off the valve"

4

To stop or turn off by closing something (such as a valve).

Example Sentences
"shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation" verb
"She was shut off from the friends" verb
"We shut off the valve" verb
See Also
valve interclude shutting off seclude sputter out shut offs close shutoff
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
discontinue separate barricade
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
curtain off
Rhyming Words
off boff hoff doff coff loff moff koff toff goff geoff scoff swoff groff cloff droff gnoff feoff snoff nroff
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