screen someone or something (off) (from someone or something)

screen someone or something (off) (from someone or something)
screen someone or something (off) (from someone or something)
to make someone or something out of sight or blocked off to someone or something by erecting a screen. •

We screened her off from the patient in the next bed.

We screened off the yard from the street.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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