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To seal or block the entrance to a road, an area, or a building so that people cannot enter.

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close off

Source Word

close off

Verb

To seal or block the entrance to a road, an area, or a building so that people cannot enter.

Japanese Meaning

入口を封鎖する、または閉ざすこと。道路、区域、または建物の出入りを防ぐために入口を塞ぐ行為。

The police had to close off the street to investigate the suspicious package.

警察は不審な荷物を調べるため、その通りを封鎖しなければならなかった。

Sense（1）

To 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.

closes off

（ present singular third-person ）

closing off

（ participle present ）

closed off

（ participle past ）

closed off

（ past ）