Closet and Shut away

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Closet verb - To close or shut in by or as if by barriers.

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Shut away and closet are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shut away" instead a verb "Closet".

Nearby Words: closeting, closeted

Shut away verb - Place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape.

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Closet and shut away are semantically related. You can use "Closet" instead a verb "Shut away".

Luckily Robert Jordan realized that the one character people actually liked was shut away in a closet somewhere (almost literally) and Mat spends the next book showing everyone just how Badass a Fourstar Badass can really be.

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