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walling off

walling off is the present 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 walling off

What is walling off the present participle of?
Walling off is the present participle of wall off.

Words near walling off in the dictionary

  1. wallicoside
  2. wallies
  3. Wallin
  4. walling
  5. walling in
  6. walling off
  7. walling up
  8. walling wax
  9. Wallingantism
  10. Wallingat
  11. Wallingford

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