- 1[usually passive] bar something to close something with a bar or bars All the doors and windows were barred.
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block - 2bar something to block a road, path, etc. so that no one can pass Two police officers were barring her exit. We found our way barred by rocks.
- 3bar somebody (from something/from doing something) to ban or prevent someone from doing something Asylum seekers are barred from entering the country. Idioms
bar
verbNAmE//bɑr//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they bar he / she / it bars
past simple barred
-ing form barring
with no rules or limits on what someone is allowed to do There will be no holds barred in his interview with the president this evening.
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