wall off
phrasal verb
walled off; walling off; walls off
: to separate (something) from the area around it with a wall
The school walled off the playground from the parking lot.
Examples of wall off in a Sentence
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San Jose State struck first in the second inning when catcher Matt Spear hit a titanic 442-foot home run over the right-field wall off Bybee.
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Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 10 Apr. 2024
University officials and the State Board of Education — which is also the university’s Board of Regents — have maintained the nonprofit would wall off taxpayers from liability if the online university defaults.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 28 Mar. 2024
To assuage concerns from lawmakers, TikTok has promised to wall off U.S. user data from its parent company through a separate entity run independently from ByteDance and monitored by outside observers.
—Kevin Freking, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024
Like Jesse, Finn and Becca have suffered losses, walled off their hearts to protect themselves and found silent solace among the trees.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
The operating system has been a draw for Chinese shoppers, and many of China’s biggest tech companies have made apps exclusively for it, further walling off users from platforms used outside China.
—Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
The company also has promised to wall off U.S. user data from its parent company through a separate entity run independently from ByteDance and monitored by outside observers.
—Haleluya Hadero, Quartz, 16 Feb. 2024
On Friday, however, the Blazers lured the Pacers away from that approach by walling off the paint and making their drives difficult while also giving them space to shoot from the outside.
—Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Jan. 2024
Blame this one on the European politicians who invented General Data Protection Regulation, which increases the cost of advertising and walls off data for the benefit of big companies while also wasting your time.
—Mark Penn, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2023
Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 10 Apr. 2024
University officials and the State Board of Education — which is also the university’s Board of Regents — have maintained the nonprofit would wall off taxpayers from liability if the online university defaults.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 28 Mar. 2024
To assuage concerns from lawmakers, TikTok has promised to wall off U.S. user data from its parent company through a separate entity run independently from ByteDance and monitored by outside observers.
—Kevin Freking, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024
Like Jesse, Finn and Becca have suffered losses, walled off their hearts to protect themselves and found silent solace among the trees.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
The operating system has been a draw for Chinese shoppers, and many of China’s biggest tech companies have made apps exclusively for it, further walling off users from platforms used outside China.
—Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
The company also has promised to wall off U.S. user data from its parent company through a separate entity run independently from ByteDance and monitored by outside observers.
—Haleluya Hadero, Quartz, 16 Feb. 2024
On Friday, however, the Blazers lured the Pacers away from that approach by walling off the paint and making their drives difficult while also giving them space to shoot from the outside.
—Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Jan. 2024
Blame this one on the European politicians who invented General Data Protection Regulation, which increases the cost of advertising and walls off data for the benefit of big companies while also wasting your time.
—Mark Penn, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2023
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“Wall off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wall%20off. Accessed 1 May. 2024.
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