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block sth up
[ M ]
to fill a narrow space with something so that nothing can pass through
• In autumn, leaves block the drains up., block sth out
[ M ] STOP FROM PASSING
1. to stop light or noise from passing through something
• The tree outside the window blocks out the sun., block sth out
[ M ] STOP FROM THINKING
2. to stop yourself from thinking about an unpleasant memory because it upsets you
• He's trying to block out memories of the accident., block sth in
[ M ]
to put a vehicle so close to another vehicle that it cannot drive away
• Another car had parked behind me and blocked me in., block sth off
[ M ]
to close a road, path or entrance so that people cannot use it
• All the roads out of the town had been blocked off by the police.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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verb make it difficult to pass ADV. completely | almost | partially, partly | off, up The old route is completely blocked off. Don't block up the corridor with all these boxes. VERB + BLOCK try to | move to One of the men moved to block their path. PREP. with The exit was blocked with beer crates. prevent sth being done ADV. successfully | effectively The new rules would effectively block protesters' attempts to assert their rights. VERB + BLOCK attempt to, seek to, try to | move to The group has moved to block the government's proposals. PHRASAL VERBS block sth out ADV. completely Black clouds had completely blocked out the sun. | almost, noun solid piece of sth ADJ. big, huge, large, massive | small | solid | concrete, stone, wooden | building | starting (for a runner) aiming to be first out of the starting blocks | breeze large building divided into offices/flats ADJ. high-rise, tower | administration, apartment, cell, office The prisoners had been transferred to a different cell block. PREP. in a/the ~ She lives in a modern apartment block. | ~ of a block of flats temporary loss of abilities ADJ. mental, writer's The author denies that she is experiencing writer's block. VERB + BLOCK experience, have, suffer from I suddenly had a mental block and couldn't remember his name.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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block
types of block
a block of flats
British English
• Three new blocks of flats were built on the land.
an apartment block
• I met him at his apartment block in Manhattan.
an office block
• She works in a 27-storey office block.
a tower block
(= very high and usually in a poor area )
• She lived on the 17th floor of a tower block in East London.
a tenement block
(= an apartment block, usually in a poor area - used especially in Scotland )
• We had a tiny flat in an Edinburgh tenement block.
a high-rise block
(= very high )
• The area is full of monstrous concrete high-rise blocks.
a multi-storey block
(= having many levels )
• Many shops and offices have been rebuilt in high multi-storey blocks.
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