block off

block off

To prevent access to a particular area or thing. We had to block off that section of the restaurant for a private party. I had to take a detour on my way home because the water department blocked off a bunch of streets.
See also: block, off
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

block something off

to prevent movement through something by putting up a barrier; to close a passageway. Sam blocked the corridor off with a row of chairs. He used some chairs to block off the hallway.
See also: block, off
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • a hot spot
  • dine at
  • dine at (some place)
  • be at
  • be at (someone or something)
  • be at it
  • at a sitting
  • Eat at Joe's
  • red-sauce parlor
  • barring
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One of the two projects had been renounced in a block off Dampier, western Australia, and the other in two blocks off Bintulu in Sarawak, Malaysia, JNOC said.
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We've had to call the police and have them block off traffic so we could fix tires."
Commercial tire centre expands
They had to block off the streets and they had the camera positioned so that we only had to go a few feet," said Schull.
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To feel the difference, block off each nostril in turn and inhale, Sobel says.
Each nostril smells the world differently
A friend said: "Carla is still sending photos but Elle will knock her block off."
ELLE MEND HER!
Surgery usually has one of three goals: (1) to implant a device that can cause the penis to become erect; (2) to reconstruct arteries to increase flow of blood to the penis; or (3) to block off veins that allow blood to leak from the penile tissues.
Impotence
They took an 8-5 lead in the third set but that was short-lived when PetroGazz's Jeanette Panaga scored back-to-back aces and Salas scored on a block off BanKo import Stiix Horton.
PetroGazz books 1st PVL finals ticket after ousting BanKo
Our exclusive pictures show how two police cars block off the vehicle just yards away from the city's main police station.
WOMAN IS HELD BY WEAPONS OFFICERS
"This country is too small to just block off roads and it's becoming a weekly irritation," she said.
Residents tell of traffic nightmare
The property is located one block off Broadway in one of the hottest Northern Manhattan locations.
Corner co-op snapped up
By planting a hedge or building a wall to block off the view of these roads, you can lessen its degree of destructiveness.
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But the barriers are set to block off the shops again when diggers return to the site.
New barriers blow to battling traders
The masses of mopers block off access for people who actually want to buy a magazine of their choice but can't because some browsing bonehead -- who has no intention of buying anything whats over -- is in the way.
Letter: Ban the browsers