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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Each licensee would have to wall off the consumption space from retail sales or other areas.
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Steph Solis, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025
White could not use the rim to wall off a shot blocker.
—Fred Katz, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
This 850-square-foot co-op unit in a 1963 building near First Avenue started life as a junior four; the dining room had been walled off from the kitchen to create a small second bedroom.
—Joyce Cohen, New York Times, 11 July 2024
In his first term, Trump jettisoned traditional norms around presidents walling off their personal interests and instead retained his business holdings — including a Washington, D.C., hotel where foreign leaders booked rooms.
—David Ingram, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Steph Solis, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025
White could not use the rim to wall off a shot blocker.
—Fred Katz, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
This 850-square-foot co-op unit in a 1963 building near First Avenue started life as a junior four; the dining room had been walled off from the kitchen to create a small second bedroom.
—Joyce Cohen, New York Times, 11 July 2024
In his first term, Trump jettisoned traditional norms around presidents walling off their personal interests and instead retained his business holdings — including a Washington, D.C., hotel where foreign leaders booked rooms.
—David Ingram, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Wall off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wall%20off. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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