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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a bit closed off" is correct and usable in written English
You can use this phrase when describing someone who appears to be reserved and reluctant to share their thoughts or feelings. For example, "He seemed a bit closed off when we talked about his childhood."
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I could see her point, because I do tend to be a bit closed off emotionally.
Though Larry had become a bit closed off from his son, Park urges his fellow parents to be open and persist in their efforts, even when it feels impossible.
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I mean, wouldn't you feel safer if you knew there was a little mechanism (perhaps not so dramatic) in your $2000 laptop that just pushed it off the table a bit, closed the vents, and alerted you if it detected moisture?
Her new office as head of the Department of Community Affairs overlooks a stunning panorama, with the Delaware River in the distance and the golden dome of the State House a bit closer and off to the right.
"Japanese rugby is a bit like their society was; closed off from the rest of the world.
They're about to be caught up in a cordon sanitaire when a deadly virus starts spreading and their bit of town is closed off.
In fact it even seemed quiet coming into the ground, but perhaps people just got there a bit closer to kick-off because once we were inside it was like normal.
Had the attacks on the two towers been timed a bit more precisely, closing off possibility of escape, or had the plane that hit the Pentagon aimed for a bull's-eye, the slaughter could have approached the scale of Hiroshima, where some 70,000 Japanese citizens were exterminated in a nuclear flash, and Nagasaki, where a similar number died three days later.
George Kiteos, a police spokesman at the base, which has been used to launch airstrikes against Islamic State in Iraq, said: "They arrived on the coast in the bit of the base that is closed off, were brought to shore and are currently in the process of being identified and screened," he told the Guardian.
11.28am GMT 32nd over: South Africa 80-2 (Elgar 31, du Plessis 34) There's a nice shot from Elgar - another four against Harris, this time a bit closer to him and driven through mid off.
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