"wall off" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: walls off [present, singular, third-person], walling off [participle, present], walled off [participle, past], walled off [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Translations (to separate with a wall): separare con un muro (Italian)
    Sense id: en-wall_off-en-verb-aKaUhY4C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'to separate with a wall': 98 2
  2. (figurative, by extension) To isolate completely. Tags: broadly, figuratively
    Sense id: en-wall_off-en-verb-fC75tuz1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 46 54

Inflected forms

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