gates off

Verb

gate off (third-person singular simple present gates off, present participle gating off, simple past and past participle gated off)

1. (transitive) To control access to (an area, road, etc.) by installing a gate.
   • [The dog] was set up in a crate in the dining room, which was gated off from the rest of the house.2010, Jim Gorant, The Lost Dogs, page 175
2. To turn something off by controlling its gate.
   • When the current exceeds the limit, the controller gates off the transistor.
3. (figuratively) To make (something) inaccessible; to restrict access to (something)
   • A site that carried [sexually explicit] material, but that gated it off from children through credit cards or other mechanisms to verify the age of the user, would have an acceptable defense under the act.1999 February 1, Pamela Mendels, “Judge Delays Online Pornography Law”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2022