block off

VERB
  1. obstruct access to
  2. render unsuitable for passage
    block the way
    barricade the streets
    stop the busy road
  3. block off the passage through
    We shut off the valve
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How To Use block off In A Sentence

  • Ms. Bernerd employed some of her signature colors in the penthouse design — including a bright-pink latticed frame to block off the kitchen in the main hallway. High design in Hong Kong
  • Examples are the streets one block or two blocks west of Eastlake instead of riding on busy Eastlake; the Woodland avenue broad quiet st. instead of stone way (good conector to Woodland park and greenlake); the street a block off 35th; and taking Latona all the way from about 65th down to the university bridge. and yes you have to create though routes for bikers. We Need People Who Ride Bikes, Not Cyclists « PubliCola
  • Harsh fortresses of prickly pears and shard grass and dead branches block off all escape.
  • This time I put a piece of tape over the petcock opening instead of using the screw on block off plate I had made to use on the first steps.
  • In the case of the lung arteries, this can block off much of the circulation through the lungs.
  • He quotes his subjects so often and at such length—frustratingly, without bothering to indent and block off the text—that it can be difficult to keep straight when Touré is making his own points and when the ideas under consideration are someone else's. The State Of Race
  • Chandler and his control team were commandeering juggernauts to block off the dock piers one at a time.
  • The city is behind the project, granting permission to block off Congress between Herbert and Fifth avenues.
  • Jim will knock your block off if he catches you riding his bike.
  • Call me that again and I'll knock your block off!
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