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 | ||