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cordon  

   ( cordons    plural & 3rd person present)   ( cordoning    present participle)   ( cordoned    past tense & past participle  ) A cordon is a line or ring of police, soldiers, or vehicles preventing people from entering or leaving an area.      n-count  
Police formed a cordon between the two crowds.      cordon off             phrasal verb   If police or soldiers cordon off an area, they prevent people from entering or leaving it, usually by forming a line or ring.   (=close off)  
Police cordoned off part of the city centre...      V P n (not pron)  
The police cordoned everything off.      V n P  
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live off
exp.
to depend on something or on someone to cover the basic expenses
E.g.: He lived off the money he inherited from his father while he had been working as a volunteer.
wave off
v.
wave hand as a sign of rejection, disapproval or lack of interest
live off the grid
exp.
live without being connected to one of more public utilities (such as water, electric power)
put smb. off the scent
exp.
mislead someone; deliberately provide wrong information to forbid someone from knowing the truth
E.g.: They are no longer in town, but hey left their car in front of the house just to put everybody off the scent.
LMFAO
exp.
laughing my fucking ass off

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