to be shut off from

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• shut somebody off from something — ˌshut sb/sth ˈoff from sth derived to separate sb/sth from sth • Bosnia is shut off from the Adriatic by the mountains. Main entry: ↑shutderived …   Useful english dictionary

• shut something off from something — ˌshut sb/sth ˈoff from sth derived to separate sb/sth from sth • Bosnia is shut off from the Adriatic by the mountains. Main entry: ↑shutderived …   Useful english dictionary

• shut off — verb 1. stem the flow of (Freq. 1) shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation • Syn: ↑close off • Hypernyms: ↑discontinue, ↑stop, ↑cease, ↑give up, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• shut off — {v.} 1. To make (something like water or electricity) stop coming. * /Please shut off the hose before the grass gets too wet./ Compare: TURN OFF. 2. To be apart; be separated from; also to separate from. * /Our camp is so far from the highway we… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• shut off — {v.} 1. To make (something like water or electricity) stop coming. * /Please shut off the hose before the grass gets too wet./ Compare: TURN OFF. 2. To be apart; be separated from; also to separate from. * /Our camp is so far from the highway we… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• shut\ off — v 1. To make (something like water or electricity) stop coming. Please shut off the hose before the grass gets too wet. Compare: turn off 2. To be apart; be separated from; also to separate from. Our camp is so far from the highway we feel shut… …   Словарь американских идиом

• shut off — verb Date: 1818 transitive verb 1. to close off ; separate usually used with from < shut off from the rest of the world > 2. a. to cut off (as flow or passage) ; stop < shuts off the oxygen supply > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• shut off — 1) make something like water or electricity stop We always shut off the gas when we leave the house for more than a few minutes. 2) be apart, be separated from The small town is shut off from the other towns in the valley. 3) prevent the opposite …   Idioms and examples

• shut off — v. (D; tr.) to shut off from * * * [ ʃʌt ɒf] (D; tr.) to shut off from …   Combinatory dictionary

• shut off — shut (someone/something) off to separate someone or something from others. A major interstate highway shuts the area off from the rest of the city. When her husband died she shut herself off from everyone. They just wanted to shut off all the… …   New idioms dictionary

• shut yourself off (from something) — ˌshut yourself ˈoff (from sth) derived to avoid seeing people or having contact with anyone • Martin shut himself off from the world to write his book. Main entry: ↑shutderived …   Useful english dictionary