cordon off

cordon something off

to mark off an area where people should not go with a rope, tape, ribbon, etc. The police cordoned the scene of the crime off, and we could not even get close. They cordoned off the area.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Milly	MIL-ee (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, English
Weronika	ve-raw-NEE-kah (Polish)	Polish, Sorbian
Phile	-	Ancient Greek
Oriana	o-RYAH-nah	Italian
Katlego	-	Southern African, Tswana
Torgeir	-	Norwegian