shut out

shut out
phrasal verb [transitive]
Word forms "shut out":
present tense I/you/we/they shut out he/she/it shuts out present participle shutting out past tense shut out past participle shut out
1) if you shut something out, you stop yourself from seeing it, hearing it, or thinking about it

He closed the door to shut out the noise.

I tried to shut the incident out of my mind.

2) to not allow someone to enter a particular place

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