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seal off
Idioms and Phrases
Also, seal up . Close tightly or barricade to prevent entry or exit. For example, We're sealing off the unused wing of the building , or The jar is tightly sealed up . Dating from the first half of the 1900s, this idiom uses seal in the sense of “close securely,†as one used to do with a seal of wax.Example Sentences
The area around their detached house has been sealed off while investigations take place, and local police have called in expert help Toulouse.
All day, there's been a steady procession of locals lighting candles and gazing across to the school site which remains sealed off.
He was taken to hospital and police sealed off the area.
According to eyewitnesses, the city's bus station has also been sealed off by police, with bomb disposal vans pictured close to the incident.
Staff at a nearby BP petrol station told the BBC they had to seal off pumps to prevent an explosion as fireworks were being launched into the restaurant next door.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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