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barring off

barring off is the present participle and gerund of bar off.

Meaning of bar off

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To barricade with bars.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To prohibit (e.g. a topic of discussion).

Questions about barring off

What is barring off the present participle and gerund of?
Barring off is the present participle and gerund of bar off.

Words near barring off in the dictionary

  1. barriness
  2. barring
  3. barring down
  4. barring engine
  5. barring motor
  6. barring off
  7. barring out
  8. barring up
  9. barring-out
  10. Barringer
  11. Barringer Crater

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Adapted from Wiktionary: barring off (page history and authors); bar off (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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