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shut off |
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shut somebody/something off also shut off somebody/something to separate someone or something from others A major interstate highway shuts the area off from the rest of the city. When her husband died she shut herself off from everyone. They just wanted to shut off all the people who had serious mental illnesses. See also: shut shut off (something) also shut something off to stop the operation of a machine or system Did you shut off the light in the bedroom? To repair the leak they have to shut the water off in the entire building. See also: shut How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He lay on his side, the cords that bound his legs so tight as to bite into his tender flesh and shut off the circulation. Then the Thing shut off the Heat-Ray, and turning its back upon the artillery- man, began to waddle away towards the smouldering pine woods that sheltered the second cylinder. It is only at home, in dock, that she lies abandoned, shut off from freedom by all the artifices of men that think of quick despatch and profitable freights. |
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