Usually means: Shut down, make inaccessible emotionally.
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  1. close off: Merriam-Webster
  2. close off: Vocabulary.com
  3. close off: Wiktionary
  4. close off: Dictionary.com
  5. close off: Rhymezone
  6. close off: FreeDictionary.org
  7. close off: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. close off: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. close off: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. close off: Legal dictionary

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  1. close off: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (close off)

▸ verb:  To seal or block the entrance to a road, an area, or a building so that people cannot enter.

Similar:
block off, shut off, seal off, stop, shut up, close out, seal, stop up, close, block out, more...

Opposite:
open up, unblock, unclog, clear, free

Types:
seal, cork, cap, cover, lid, more...

Phrases:
to close off, i close and bite it off, more...

Adjectives:
barred, offset, interblock, check, shut, locked, flank, tine, stonewall, sealed, teen

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Similar:
block off, shut off, seal off, stop, shut up, close out, seal, stop up, close, block out, more...

Opposite:
open up, unblock, unclog, clear, free

Types:
seal, cork, cap, cover, lid, more...

Phrases:
to close off, i close and bite it off, more...

Adjectives:
barred, offset, interblock, check, shut, locked, flank, tine, stonewall, sealed, teen



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