Analysis Complete

shut out

/ shut out /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
prevent from entering; shut out
"The trees were shutting out all sunlight"
"This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"
Opposites:
admit let in include
Type of:
prevent keep
Kinds of:
excommunicate curse lock out ostracize ostracise
Derived:
shutter exclusion
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
21%
Sense Count
1
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
12
Times Searched
3
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prevent keep excommunicate curse lock out ostracize ostracise admit let in include