wall off

phrasal verb

walled off; walling off; walls off

: to separate (something) from the area around it with a wall

The school walled off the playground from the parking lot.

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Trump can also declare that steps TikTok has taken to distance itself from ByteDance, including a plan known as Project Texas that walls off Americans' data from China, qualifies as divestiture. —

Bobby Allyn, NPR, 6 Dec. 2024 Somewhere in the suburbs, in a house walled off from the world, three adult children are raised in captivity and perpetuity. —

A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 21 June 2024 President-elect Donald Trump is considering nominating Kari Lake to serve as his ambassador to Mexico, a prominent post for someone with no diplomatic experience and a political persona built around walling off America’s southern border. —

Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024 On Thursday, Guyton walled off Parsons to the outside to allow Dak Prescott time to make a throw. —

Saad Yousuf, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for wall off