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English Idioms :: shut
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shutle.html - See: KEEP ONE'S MOUTH SHUT, PUT UP or SHUT UP, CLOSE ONE'S EYES. |
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English Idioms :: shut down
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shutle.html - {v.} To stop all working, as in a factory; stop work entirely; also: to stop operations in. * /The factory closed down for Christmas./ * /The company shut down the condom plant for Easter./ |
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English Idioms :: shut down
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shutle.html - {v.} To stop all working, as in a factory; stop work entirely; also: to stop operations in. * /The factory closed down for Christmas./ * /The company shut down the condom plant for Easter./ |
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English Idioms :: shut off
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shutle.html - {v.} 1. To make (something like water or electricity) stop coming. * /Please shut off the hose before the grass gets too wet./ Compare: TURN OFF. 2. To be apart; be separated from; also to separate from. * /Our camp is so far from the highway we feel shut off from the world when we are there./ * /The sow is so bad tempered we had to shut it off from its piglets./ |
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English Idioms :: shut one's eyes
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shutle.html - {v. phr.} To refuse to see or think about. * /The park is beautiful if you shut your eyes to the litter./ * /The ice was very thin, but the boys shut their eyes to the danger and went skating./ Compare: OPEN ONE'S EYES. |
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English Idioms :: shut one's eyes
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shutle.html - {v. phr.} To refuse to see or think about. * /The park is beautiful if you shut your eyes to the litter./ * /The ice was very thin, but the boys shut their eyes to the danger and went skating./ Compare: OPEN ONE'S EYES. |
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