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cordon
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cordon something off
to mark off an area where people should not go with a rope, tape, ribbon, etc. The police cordoned the scene of the crime off, and we could not even get close. They cordoned off the area.

cordon bleu
cordon bleu cooking is food which is prepared to the highest standard and a cordon bleu cook is someone who cooks to a very high standard (always before noun) She spent five years working as a cordon bleu chef before opening her own restaurant.


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Ringcroft Road, in Old Swan, was cordoned off this morning after the victim was found last night.
Paramedics were on standby and the road was cordoned off at its junctions with Waterloo Rise and Greenside Crescent.
Inspector General of Police Islamabad Qalbe Abbas informed that the whole area of Noor Pur Shahan will be cordoned off during the Urs celebrations and comprehensive security and traffic plan will be in place with the co-ordination of all the concerned departments including ICT Administration, Capital Police, special branch, CDA, Auqaf Department, IESCO, Traffic Police, Health Department and Civil Defence.
 
 
 
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