close off

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

Some 600 households were told to evacuate in Farmington, where areas along the San Juan River were closed off, city spokesperson Gina Intoppa said. — Mead Gruver, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Police closed off part of 47th Street for hours as officers investigated. — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

The goal is a sleek, seamless look, not a kitchen that literally vanishes or gets closed off from the rest of the house. — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026

If your home is not on a concrete slab but rather has a crawlspace or a basement or a porch that animals can hide under, close off access to these spaces or snakes may move in, says Taylor. — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 17 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for close off

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