English verb: cordon off | |||
| 1. | cordon off (contact) divide by means of a rope | ||
| Samples | The police roped off the area where the crime occurred. | ||
| Synonyms | rope in, rope off | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP. Somebody ----s something with something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | close in, enclose, inclose, shut in | ||