bar
verb/bɑː(r)/
/bɑːr/
Verb Forms
Idioms | 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/ |
- 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
- …
- from
- [usually passive] to close something with a bar or bars
- be barred All the doors and windows were barred.
- 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.
prevent
close with bars
block
Word Originverb Middle English: from Old French barre (noun), barrer (verb), of unknown origin.
Idioms
See bar in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee bar in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishno holds barred
- 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.
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