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cordon off

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Verb1.cordon off - divide by means of a rope; "The police roped off the area where the crime occurred"
rope in, rope off
inclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"
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? cordon off
vt sep area, building → absperren, abriegeln
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Why is it then that the companies whose premises are on the same road are allowed to put out pallets and other bits of wood to cordon off what they consider to be their private piece of the pavement?
Unfair to motorists; LETTERS to the EDITOR by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
CAPTION(S): CLOSED: Police cordon off Ringcroft Road in Old Swan after a man died in a house
MURDER HUNT; 2 held, 1 wanted after man found dying at house: ... by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
Police had to cordon off the village to stop traffic.
Tyres blaze shuts village by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
 
 
 
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