rail sth off
— phrasal verb with rail uk/reɪl/us/reɪl/verb [ I + prep ] formal
to close something, especially using railings:
Part of the playing field had been railed off for use as a car park.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- beset
- border
- box sb/sth in
- dunk
- fence sth in
- fence sth off
- flood
- gather
- gift-wrap
- gift-wrapped
- steep
- surround
- swallow
- wound 1
- wrap
- wrap (sb) up
- wrap sth around sb/sth
- wrapped
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