curtain off

curtain off

To use a curtain to prevent access to a particular area or thing. A noun or pronoun can be used between "curtain" and "off." We had to curtain off that section of the restaurant for a private party.
See also: curtain, off
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

curtain something off

to separate something or some place with a drape, screen, or curtain. We curtained this part of the room off, so please sleep over there. We will curtain off part of the room.
See also: curtain, off
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • base off (of) (something else)
  • be well off for (something)
  • be well off for something
  • (I've) got to take off
  • the curtain falls
  • the curtain falls on (something)
  • draw the curtain
  • be off for (something)
  • be off for sth
  • (Now) where was I?
References in periodicals archive
The winning bidder vanished behind a curtain off to the left, and the auctioneer paused.
Bidding for a slice of the big apple
Most inhabitants have not bothered to curtain off the bedroom area.
Bergerac veils
NNA - President of the Republic Michel Aoun deemed Saturday that "violence against women is a kind of barbarism that man has not yet been able to get rid of," considering that it was the result of "human conscience absence." Aoun's words came during the inauguration ceremony this afternoon where he lifted the curtain off the memorial statue for women victims of domestic violence, placed on the intersection leading to the Presidential Palace in Baabda.
President Aoun lifts curtain off statue in tribute to women victims of violence, Presidential Palace to be lit in orange in solidarity with campaign against genderbased violence
Earlier this week, ZTE pulled the curtain off of the project and listed the upcoming smartphone's full specifications.
Specs For ZTE's Hawkeye Crowdsourced Smartphone Announced
The tree can also give a gorgeous backdrop of hanging branches for flower beds, or to curtain off sitting areas and frame views.
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The minister raised the curtain off the commemorative placard announcing the academy's opening of its two-layered building including basketball gym, reception, physical education (PE) gym, cabinets room, administrative room for the club's management, secretariat, conference room, computer room, library, sanitary facilities belonging to the academy at a cost of BD 374,000.
Minister opens Manama Club's Basketball Academy
THE SIMON COWELL AWARD FOR OUTRAGEOUS PUBLICITY STUNTS: THE WRU MARKETING DEPARTMENT When the newWelsh rugby jersey was launched this year they didn't bother with the usual guff about sweat-reducing moisture retention panels or a stirring quote from the Mabinogion stitched inside the collar - they just whipped the curtain off a 100ft banner of Gavin Henson.
Celebrating a year inWelsh sport
Original members Horace Panter and Roddy Byers were cheered by fans as they tore the chequered curtain off the first plate at the Canal Basin yesterday.
Special trail launched in the city
He had just unveiled a commemorative plaque for a new Age Concern centre when he whipped the curtain off hooks, hitched it round his waist and larked around.
This might go with my Swiss cheese sporran