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closed off

closed off is the simple past and past participle of close off.

Meaning of close off

Verb

close off (third-person singular simple present closes off, present participle closing off, simple past and past participle closed off)

  1. To seal or block the entrance to a road, an area, or a building so that people cannot enter.
    • The police closed off the street while they investigated the murder scene.

Questions about closed off

What is closed off the simple past and past participle of?
Closed off is the simple past and past participle of close off.

Words near closed off in the dictionary

  1. closed intervals
  2. closed loop
  3. closed loops
  4. closed matte
  5. closed o
  6. closed off
  7. closed one eye
  8. closed one's doors
  9. closed one's ears
  10. closed one's eyes
  11. closed one's eyes and thought of England

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Adapted from Wiktionary: closed off (page history and authors); close 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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