To keep from being admitted, included, or considered

• shut out

  1. Alternative form of shutout.
  2. (sports) To prevent from scoring; to perform a shutout.
  3. To close a door on someone, or to exclude.

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  1. Alternative form of shutout.
  2. (sports) To prevent from scoring; to perform a shutout.
  3. To close a door on someone, or to exclude.

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• rule out

  1. To cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler.
  2. (idiomatic) To reject an option from a list of possibilities.
  3. (idiomatic) To make something impossible.

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  1. To cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler.
  2. (idiomatic) To reject an option from a list of possibilities.
  3. (idiomatic) To make something impossible.

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• keep out

  1. (intransitive) To refrain from entering a place or condition.
  2. To restrain someone or something from entering a place or condition.

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  1. (intransitive) To refrain from entering a place or condition.
  2. To restrain someone or something from entering a place or condition.

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• except

  1. With the exclusion of; other than; but:
  2. If it were not for the fact that; only. Often used with that:
  3. Otherwise than:

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  1. With the exclusion of; other than; but:
  2. If it were not for the fact that; only. Often used with that:
  3. Otherwise than:

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• eliminate

  1. To get rid of; remove:
  2. To leave out or omit from consideration; reject:
  3. To remove from consideration by defeating, as in a contest.

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  1. To get rid of; remove:
  2. To leave out or omit from consideration; reject:
  3. To remove from consideration by defeating, as in a contest.

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• debar

  1. To exclude or shut out; bar.
  2. To forbid, hinder, or prevent.

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  1. To exclude or shut out; bar.
  2. To forbid, hinder, or prevent.

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• count out

  1. (of a person) To exclude; to dismiss from participation or eligibility.
  2. To enumerate items while organizing or transferring them.
  3. (boxing, wrestling) To determine that a competitor has lost a match, by a referee's enumeration aloud of the increments of time for which the competitor has been incapacitated.

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  1. (of a person) To exclude; to dismiss from participation or eligibility.
  2. To enumerate items while organizing or transferring them.
  3. (boxing, wrestling) To determine that a competitor has lost a match, by a referee's enumeration aloud of the increments of time for which the competitor has been incapacitated.

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• bar

  1. A relatively long, straight, rigid piece of solid material used as a fastener, support, barrier, or structural or mechanical member.
  2. A solid oblong block of a substance or combination of ingredients, such as soap or candy.
  3. Any of various flat baked confections that are typically dense and harder than cakes and served cut into rectangular pieces.

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  1. A relatively long, straight, rigid piece of solid material used as a fastener, support, barrier, or structural or mechanical member.
  2. A solid oblong block of a substance or combination of ingredients, such as soap or candy.
  3. Any of various flat baked confections that are typically dense and harder than cakes and served cut into rectangular pieces.

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To bar

• shut-the-door-on

  1. (idiomatic) To refuse to consider, remember, accept, or engage in.

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  1. (idiomatic) To refuse to consider, remember, accept, or engage in.

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• lock-out

  1. An event in which an employer bars employees from working as a tactic in negotiating terms of employment, particularly in response to a strike or threat to strike.
  2. To prevent from entering a place, particularly oneself, inadvertently.
  3. (computing) To prevent from accessing a data structure.

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  1. An event in which an employer bars employees from working as a tactic in negotiating terms of employment, particularly in response to a strike or threat to strike.
  2. To prevent from entering a place, particularly oneself, inadvertently.
  3. (computing) To prevent from accessing a data structure.

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• rule out

  1. To cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler.
  2. (idiomatic) To reject an option from a list of possibilities.
  3. (idiomatic) To make something impossible.

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  1. To cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler.
  2. (idiomatic) To reject an option from a list of possibilities.
  3. (idiomatic) To make something impossible.

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• disallow

  1. To refuse to allow:
  2. To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper.

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  1. To refuse to allow:
  2. To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper.

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• prohibit

  1. To forbid by authority:
  2. To prevent; preclude:

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  1. To forbid by authority:
  2. To prevent; preclude:

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• omit

  1. To fail to include or mention; leave out:
  2. To fail or neglect to do (something):
  3. To fail or neglect (to do something):

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  1. To fail to include or mention; leave out:
  2. To fail or neglect to do (something):
  3. To fail or neglect (to do something):

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• except

  1. With the exclusion of; other than; but:
  2. If it were not for the fact that; only. Often used with that:
  3. Otherwise than:

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  1. With the exclusion of; other than; but:
  2. If it were not for the fact that; only. Often used with that:
  3. Otherwise than:

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• eliminate

  1. To get rid of; remove:
  2. To leave out or omit from consideration; reject:
  3. To remove from consideration by defeating, as in a contest.

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  1. To get rid of; remove:
  2. To leave out or omit from consideration; reject:
  3. To remove from consideration by defeating, as in a contest.

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• debar

  1. To exclude or shut out; bar.
  2. To forbid, hinder, or prevent.

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  1. To exclude or shut out; bar.
  2. To forbid, hinder, or prevent.

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• ban

  1. To prohibit (an action) or forbid the use of (something), especially by official decree:
  2. To refuse to allow (someone) to do something, go somewhere, or be a participant; exclude:
  3. Under the former system of apartheid, to deprive (a person suspected of illegal activity) of the right of free movement and association with others.

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  1. To prohibit (an action) or forbid the use of (something), especially by official decree:
  2. To refuse to allow (someone) to do something, go somewhere, or be a participant; exclude:
  3. Under the former system of apartheid, to deprive (a person suspected of illegal activity) of the right of free movement and association with others.

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• reject

  1. To refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or make use of:
  2. To refuse to consider or grant; deny:
  3. To turn down (an applicant, as for a job); refuse to accept.

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  1. To refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or make use of:
  2. To refuse to consider or grant; deny:
  3. To turn down (an applicant, as for a job); refuse to accept.

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• keep out

  1. (intransitive) To refrain from entering a place or condition.
  2. To restrain someone or something from entering a place or condition.

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  1. (intransitive) To refrain from entering a place or condition.
  2. To restrain someone or something from entering a place or condition.

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• shut out

  1. Alternative form of shutout.
  2. (sports) To prevent from scoring; to perform a shutout.
  3. To close a door on someone, or to exclude.

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  1. Alternative form of shutout.
  2. (sports) To prevent from scoring; to perform a shutout.
  3. To close a door on someone, or to exclude.

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To expel

• throw out

  1. Alternative form of throw-out.
  2. (idiomatic) To discard; to dispense with something; to throw away.
  3. (idiomatic) To dismiss or expel someone from any longer performing duty or attending somewhere.

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  1. Alternative form of throw-out.
  2. (idiomatic) To discard; to dispense with something; to throw away.
  3. (idiomatic) To dismiss or expel someone from any longer performing duty or attending somewhere.

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• eject

  1. To throw out forcefully; expel:
  2. To compel to leave:
  3. To evict:

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  1. To throw out forcefully; expel:
  2. To compel to leave:
  3. To evict:

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• disbar

  1. To prohibit (an attorney) from the practice of law by official action or procedure.

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  1. To prohibit (an attorney) from the practice of law by official action or procedure.

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• force-out

  1. The act or fact of putting out a base runner on a force play.

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  1. The act or fact of putting out a base runner on a force play.

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• put out

  1. (baseball) The statistic of the number of outs a defensive player directly caused.
  2. Taking offense; indignant.
  3. To place outside or eject.

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  1. (baseball) The statistic of the number of outs a defensive player directly caused.
  2. Taking offense; indignant.
  3. To place outside or eject.

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• suspend

  1. To bar for a period from a privilege, office, or position, usually as a punishment:
  2. To cause to stop for a period; interrupt:
  3. To hold in abeyance; defer:

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  1. To bar for a period from a privilege, office, or position, usually as a punishment:
  2. To cause to stop for a period; interrupt:
  3. To hold in abeyance; defer:

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• banish

  1. To force to leave a country or place by official decree; exile:
  2. To drive away; expel:

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  1. To force to leave a country or place by official decree; exile:
  2. To drive away; expel:

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