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Synonyms for shut out

Grammar : Verb
Spell : shuht
Phonetic Transcription : ʃʌt

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Définition of shut out

Origin :
  • Old English scyttan "to put (a bolt) in place so as to fasten a door or gate, bolt, shut to; discharge, pay off," from West Germanic *skutjan (cf. Old Frisian schetta, Middle Dutch schutten "to shut, shut up, obstruct"), from PIE *skeud- "to shoot, chase, throw" (see shoot (v.)). Related: Shutting.
  • Meaning "to close by folding or bringing together" is from mid-14c. Meaning "prevent ingress and egress" is from mid-14c. Sense of "to set (someone) free (from)" (c.1500) is obsolete except in dialectal phrases such as to get shut of. To shut (one's) mouth "desist from speaking" is recorded from mid-14c.
  • verb exclude
Example sentences :
  • She stuffed her fingers into her ears to shut out the sound of her brother's cries.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
  • One gains nothing by attempting to shut out the sprites of the weather.
  • Extract from : « Yankee Gypsies » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • We were shut out that night, and sat at the iron gate, and walked about till morning.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • Yet are we not, therefore, shut out altogether from all arts.
  • Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
  • He shut out the real world and he forgot it—until the fit was past.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • As a preliminary to acquiring it is he to be shut out from the society of his fellows?
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • At our feet the women, silent and shivering, hid their faces to shut out the sight.
  • Extract from : « The Flood » by Emile Zola
  • She leaned her head upon her arm, but she could not shut out the picture.
  • Extract from : « Polly of Lady Gay Cottage » by Emma C. Dowd
  • We know of several who want us, and we are shut out from them.
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
  • Then the light was shut out as the great figure of Jake blocked the doorway.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
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