shut out
verbo- To prevent from entering; to block or exclude. · His wife shut him out of his own house.· This triple-glazing shuts out the noise of the traffic.
- To hide from sight. · The high wall shut out the countryside beyond.
- To refuse to be open and vulnerable toward.
- To prevent from scoring; to perform a shutout.
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It was almost dark under the trees, for the branches shut out the daylight; but the travelers did not stop, and went on into the forest.
The three men entered the fatal room together, while the horror-stricken butler followed at their heels, closing the door behind him to shut out the terrible scene from the maid servants.
But he who was addressed stood there, stupefied, bewildered, stunned; his haggard eyes glanced around, as if in search of the traces of some terrible event, and with his clenched hands he seemed striving to shut out horrible recollections.
So that for a trifling sum he was as well lodged, and as perfectly shut out from observation, as the inhabitants of the finest mansion in the Faubourg St.
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