foreclose
🇺🇸
/fɔːrˈkləʊz/
🇬🇧
/fɔːˈkləʊz/
verb
R
To legally take away someone's property because they have not paid back the money they borrowed.
The bank foreclosed on the house when the owner stopped making payments.
R
To prevent something from being considered or done.
The new rules foreclosed the possibility of a peaceful resolution.
translation
To legally take away someone's property because they have not paid back the money they borrowed.; To prevent something from being considered or done.
Word Forms
3rd Present
forecloses
Past
foreclosed
Perfect
foreclosed
Progressive
foreclosing