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shut outs

shut outs is the plural of shut out.

Meaning of shut out

Verb

shut out (third-person singular simple present shuts out, present participle shutting out, simple past and past participle shut out)

  1. (transitive) To prevent from entering; to block or exclude.
    • His wife shut him out of his own house.
  2. (transitive) To hide from sight.
    • The high wall shut out the countryside beyond.
  3. (transitive) To refuse to be open and vulnerable toward.
    • No! Why? Why do you shut me out? Why do you shut THE WORLD out?2013, Jennifer Lee, Frozen, spoken by Elsa (Idina Menzel)
  4. To prevent from scoring; to perform a shutout.

Questions about shut outs

What is shut outs the plural of?
Shut outs is the plural of shut out.

Words near shut outs in the dictionary

  1. shut one's gob
  2. shut one's head
  3. shut one's mouth
  4. shut one's trap
  5. shut out
  6. shut outs
  7. shut the box
  8. shut the door
  9. shut the fridge
  10. shut the front door
  11. shut the stable door after the horse had bolted

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