"wall off" meaning in English

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Verb

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 with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 48 52 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 with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 48 52

Inflected forms

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