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blocked off

blocked off is the simple past and past participle of block off.

Meaning of block off

Verb

block off (third-person singular simple present blocks off, present participle blocking off, simple past and past participle blocked off)

  1. (transitive) To obstruct.
    • The lorry is blocking off the road, so traffic has come to a standstill.
  2. To book, set aside (an unbroken period of time to do an activity).
    • I'll need to block off a couple of weeks to refurnish my house.

Questions about blocked off

What is blocked off the simple past and past participle of?
Blocked off is the simple past and past participle of block off.

Words near blocked off in the dictionary

  1. blockbusts
  2. blockchain
  3. blockchains
  4. blocke
  5. blocked
  6. blocked off
  7. blocked out
  8. blocked shot
  9. blocked shots
  10. blocked the box
  11. blocked up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: blocked off (page history and authors); block 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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