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To seal or block the entrance to a road, an area, or a building so that people cannot enter.
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The police closed off the street while they investigated the murder scene.
Submitted on April 11, 2012
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- cut off
- fall into
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- lay down
- live down
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- put aside
- put out
- quieten down
- ring in
- run through
- stand by
- take off
- take over
- tie up
- turn out
- wail on
- and then some
- bad joke
- bend the truth
- bent on
- burst someone's bubble
- call it a day
- check is in the mail
- cloud nine
- deliver the goods
- feather in one's cap
- food chain
- free-for-all
- full speed ahead
- give in
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- go red
- golden opportunity
- hand in hand
- have a word with
- heart to heart
- home stretch
- how's tricks
- in light of
- keep your hair on
- kindred spirit
- kiss of death
- lucky break
- nervous as a cat
- on the spot
- one another
- one thousand
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- outside the box
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- quake in one's boots
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