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closes off

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

What is closes off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Closes off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of close off.

Words near closes off in the dictionary

  1. closes down
  2. closes for press
  3. closes in
  4. closes in on
  5. closes in upon
  6. closes off
  7. closes one eye
  8. closes one's doors
  9. closes one's ears
  10. closes one's eyes
  11. closes one's eyes and thinks of England

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Adapted from Wiktionary: closes 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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