close off

phrasal verb

closed off; closing off; closes off

: to not allow (something) to be used for a period of time : close

The city closed off the beach to tourists.

Half of the museum was closed off while they made the changes.

—sometimes used figuratively

He closes himself off to new experiences.

Examples of close off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The project would also build over a parking lot on Sheridan Road that used to serve the medical building, but is now out of use and closed off. —Adam Harrington, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026

Markets in Berlin, Paris, Milan and Tokyo all closed off more than 3 percent. —Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 3 Mar. 2026

With less than a week to go before Friday’s NHL trade deadline, Bruins general manager Don Sweeney did not close off any avenues that might be available to him. —Stephen Conroy, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2026

But the bigger risk centers on the potential for Iran to close off the Strait of Hormuz, where a fifth of all the world’s oil passes through on the way to export markets. —Jason Ma, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for close off

• cerenkov
• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff