Shut the door on

• Keep out
• Bar — omit
• Omit old crossword feature to accommodate daughter
• Shut out

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece" [syn: except , leave out , leave off , omit , take out ] [ant: include ] prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES rule out/exclude a possibility (= say that something will definitely not happen or is definitely not true ) ▪ We can't rule out the possibility that there will be more redundancies. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., from Latin excludere "keep out, shut out, hinder," from ex- "out" (see ex- ) + claudere "to close, shut" (see close (v.)). Related: Excluded ; excluding .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Exclude \Ex*clude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excluded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Excluding .] [L. excludere, exclusum; ex out + claudere to shut. See Close .] To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; ...

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