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shut away — verb place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend She locked her jewels in the safe • Syn: ↑lock in, ↑lock away, ↑lock, ↑put away, ↑shut up, ↑lock up … Useful english dictionary
shut away — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms shut away : present tense I/you/we/they shut away he/she/it shuts away present participle shutting away past tense shut away past participle shut away to put someone in a place where they are kept apart from… … English dictionary
shut away from — phr verb Shut away from is used with these nouns as the object: ↑world … Collocations dictionary
shut away — PHRASAL VERB If you shut yourself away, you avoid going out and seeing other people, usually because you are feeling depressed. [V pron refl P] Depressed and ill, he had again shut himself away in his darkened studio … English dictionary
shut — shut1 W2S1 [ʃʌt] v past tense and past participle shut present participle shutting [: Old English; Origin: scyttan] 1.) [I and T] to close something, or to become closed ▪ Shut the window, Ellen! ▪ I heard his bedroom door shut. ▪ She lay down on … Dictionary of contemporary English
shut up — I verb 1. refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent (Freq. 6) The children shut up when their father approached • Syn: ↑close up, ↑clam up, ↑dummy up, ↑belt up, ↑button up … Useful english dictionary
shut — I UK [ʃʌt] / US verb Word forms shut : present tense I/you/we/they shut he/she/it shuts present participle shutting past tense shut past participle shut *** 1) [transitive] to close something, for example a door, window, or drawer Please shut the … English dictionary
shut — [[t]ʃʌ̱t[/t]] ♦♦♦ shuts, shutting (The form shut is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.) 1) V ERG If you shut something such as a door or if it shuts, it moves so that it fills a hole or a space. [V n] Just make… … English dictionary
shut — [c]/ʃʌt / (say shut) verb (shut, shutting) –verb (t) 1. to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct. 2. Also, shut up. to close the doors of: shut up the shop. 3. to close by folding or bringing the parts together: shut your… …
shut-in — adj 1. house bound, confined, Inf. confined to quarters, incarcerated, captive of one s surroundings; enclosed, hemmed in, kept in; cooped up, immured, locked up, shut away; constricted, restricted, helpless, laid up, bedridden, disabled,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
