What does shut out mean?
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shut out
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word shut out.
Princeton's WordNet
exclude, keep out, shut out, shutverb
prevent from entering; shut out
"The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"
Wiktionary
shut outverb
To prevent from scoring; to perform a shutout.
shut outverb
To close a door on someone, or to exclude.
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shut out
A shut out refers to a situation, primarily used in sports, where one side prevents the other from scoring any points during a game. In a broader sense, it can also mean to exclude, ignore, or prevent someone from being included or involved in an activity or decision-making process.
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Shut Out
"Shut Out" is a single from the Paul Jabara album of the same name and features special guest vocals by Donna Summer. On the album, it is used as the first half of a medley another with another song called "Heaven is a Disco." Paul Jabara would later be responsible for writing two of Summer's biggest hits - Last Dance" and the duet with Barbra Streisand "No More Tears."
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shut out
Read the full text of the Shut Out poem by Christina Georgina Rossetti on the Poetry.com website.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of shut out in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of shut out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of shut out in a Sentence
Paladin speaking to guest star Charles Bronson, He that shuts love out, shall in turn be shut out from love, and on her threshold lie, howling in the darkness. Paladin attributes the quote to Alfred Tennyson.
I hit the ball halfway decent today... so I wasn't disappointed with that, again, just did not putt well and didn't make a birdie today. I got shut out. It was just a bad week.
It is natural for a man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut out eyes against a painful truth and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms into beasts.
The principle fuel in UKIP's tank is more anti-politics than anti-Europeanism, There's a deep anger in the way that the country's run and who it's run for and people feel shut out of the economy and ignored by politics. .
We have seen one-party rule with the minority completely shut out, one-party rule leads to what it always leads to, corruption and government dysfunction.
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