cordon off

verb

cordoned off; cordoning off; cordons off

: to prevent people from getting into (an area) by putting a line of people or objects around or in front of it

Police cordoned off the street.

Examples of cordon off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Three players cordon off opponents at the far edge of the six-yard box, which gives Trusty the time to take a touch and lash the ball home from close range. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 July 2026

Police cordon off the street surrounding the Citic Tower in Beijing following the crash. — Reuters, NBC news, 2 July 2026

The British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, told the BBC that his government would not help cordon off Iran. — Robin Wright, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026

Traffic officers cordon off the sidewalk with yellow tape. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for cordon off

• cerenkov
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• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
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• markov
• payoff