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walled off

walled off is the simple past and past participle of wall off.

Meaning of wall off

Verb

wall off (third-person singular simple present walls off, present participle walling off, simple past and past participle walled off)

  1. To separate with a wall.
    • The previous owners had walled off two rooms, making an apartment.
  2. (broadly, figuratively) To isolate completely.
    • Early protectionists tried to wall off the country from foreign trade.

Questions about walled off

What is walled off the simple past and past participle of?
Walled off is the simple past and past participle of wall off.

Words near walled off in the dictionary

  1. walled communities
  2. walled community
  3. walled garden
  4. walled gardens
  5. walled in
  6. walled off
  7. walled plain
  8. walled plains
  9. walled up
  10. walleminol
  11. walleminone

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