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Definition of bar verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bar

verb
 
/bɑː(r)/
 
/bɑːr/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they bar
 
/bɑː(r)/
 
/bɑːr/
he / she / it bars
 
/bɑːz/
 
/bɑːrz/
past simple barred
 
/bɑːd/
 
/bɑːrd/
past participle barred
 
/bɑːd/
 
/bɑːrd/
-ing form barring
 
/ˈbɑːrɪŋ/
 
/ˈbɑːrɪŋ/
Idioms
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    prevent

  1. to ban or prevent somebody from doing something
    • bar somebody from doing something Prisoners are barred by law from voting in general elections.
    • The players are barred from drinking alcohol the night before a match.
    • bar somebody from something The curfew has effectively barred migrant workers from their jobs.
    • bar something The law bars smoking in all public places.
    • be barred to somebody This insurance policy is barred to people under 25.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • effectively
    • legally
    • permanently
    preposition
    • from
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  2. close with bars

  3. [usually passive] to close something with a bar or bars
    • be barred All the doors and windows were barred.
  4. block

  5. bar something to block a road, path, etc. so that nobody can pass
    • Two police officers were barring her exit.
    • We found our way barred by rocks.
  6. Word Originverb Middle English: from Old French barre (noun), barrer (verb), of unknown origin.
Idioms
no holds barred
  1. with no rules or limits on what somebody is allowed to do
    • There will be no holds barred in his interview with the president this evening.
    Topics Permission and obligationc2
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