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  • 11shut-out — n AmE a game in which one team is prevented by the other from getting any points …

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  • 12shut-out — shut ,out noun count AMERICAN in sports, a game in which one team does not score any points …

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  • 13shut out — verb prevent from entering; shut out (Freq. 3) The trees were shutting out all sunlight This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country • Syn: ↑exclude, ↑keep out, ↑shut • Ant: ↑ …

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  • 14shut out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you shut something or someone out, you prevent them from getting into a place, for example by closing the doors. [V n P of n] I shut him out of the bedroom, says Maureen... [V P n (not pron)] I was set to shut out anyone else… …

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  • 15shut out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms shut out : present tense I/you/we/they shut out he/she/it shuts out present participle shutting out past tense shut out past participle shut out 1) if you shut something out, you stop yourself from seeing it,… …

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  • 16shut out of — phrasal verb [transitive, usually passive] Word forms shut out of : present tense I/you/we/they shut out of he/she/it shuts out of present participle shutting out of past tense shut out of past participle shut out of shut someone out of something …

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  • 17Shut Out — Infobox Single Name = Shut Out Artist = Paul Jabara featuring special guest Donna Summer from Album = Shut Out B side = Hungry For Love Released = 1977 Format = 7 single, 12 single(?) Recorded = Genre = Disco Length = 3:10 Label = Casablanca… …

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  • 18shut out — 1) he shut me out of the house Syn: lock out, keep out, refuse entrance to 2) she shut out the memories Syn: block, suppress 3) the bamboo shut out the light Syn: keep out …

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  • 19shut out — {v.} 1. To prevent from coming in; block. * /During World War II, Malta managed to shut out most of the Italian and German bombers by throwing up an effective anti aircraft screen./ * /The boys were annoyed by Tom s telling club secrets and shut… …

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  • 20shut out — {v.} 1. To prevent from coming in; block. * /During World War II, Malta managed to shut out most of the Italian and German bombers by throwing up an effective anti aircraft screen./ * /The boys were annoyed by Tom s telling club secrets and shut… …

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