SHUT AWAY meaning: Isolated and hidden from others - OneLook

Usually means: Isolated and hidden from others.

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shut away: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
shut away: Merriam-Webster
shut away: Vocabulary.com
shut away: Wiktionary
shut away: Dictionary.com
shut away: Rhymezone
shut away: FreeDictionary.org
shut away: Mnemonic Dictionary
shut away: TheFreeDictionary.com

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shut away: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

shut away: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (shut away)

▸ verb: To isolate (someone) in a closed-off area or room.
▸ verb: Especially, to imprison (someone).

Similar:

shut up, lock in, lock away, lock up, put away, lock, shut, seclude, isolate, curtain off, more...

Opposite:

open, accessible, available, exposed, unenclosed

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Similar:

shut up, lock in, lock away, lock up, put away, lock, shut, seclude, isolate, curtain off, more...

Opposite:

open, accessible, available, exposed, unenclosed

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