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blocks off

blocks off is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 blocks off

What is blocks off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Blocks off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of block off.

Words near blocks off in the dictionary

  1. blockquotes
  2. blocks
  3. blocks and tackles
  4. blocks of chocolate
  5. blocks of flats
  6. blocks off
  7. blocks out
  8. blocks the box
  9. blocks up
  10. blockscape
  11. blockscapes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: blocks 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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