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barred out

barred out is the simple past and past participle of bar out.

Meaning of bar out

Verb

bar out (third-person singular simple present bars out, present participle barring out, simple past and past participle barred out)

  1. (literally, transitive) To keep (someone or something) from entering.
  2. (obsolete) To shut a teacher out of the classroom as a prank.
    • Not schoolboys at a barring out
      Rais’d ever such incessant rout1728, The Journal of a Modern Lady, Jonathan Swift
    Synonyms:
    outbar

Adjective

barred out

  1. (slang) In a state of amnesia from benzodiazepine use.

Questions about barred out

What does barred out mean?
Barred out means in a state of amnesia from benzodiazepine use.
What is barred out the simple past and past participle of?
Barred out is the simple past and past participle of bar out.
What part of speech is barred out?
Barred out is an adjective.

Words near barred out in the dictionary

  1. barred d
  2. barred down
  3. barred i
  4. barred knifejaw
  5. barred off
  6. barred out
  7. barred owl
  8. barred owls
  9. barred spiral galaxies
  10. barred spiral galaxy
  11. barred t

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Adapted from Wiktionary: barred out (page history and authors); bar out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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