Sentence examples for down the border from inspiring English sources
So should the fence be torn down, the border erased?
Though authorities can shut down the border with the European Union, people crossing into Russia are not subject to passport checks.
It followed a testy meeting with Republican senators, many of whom have been pressing the administration to take drastic action to lock down the border.
Now the "suitcase trade" is recovering along with the ruble, just as Europe is pressing Poland to lock down the border.
The worst incident occurred when thousands of protesters, transported to the southern Lebanese village of Maroun Al-Ras by bus, threatened to break down the border fence after hanging flags on the barbed wire.
The North Korean threat to shut down the border raised some concern in South Korea that hundreds of South Korean workers who commute to Kaesong on a typical workday might be trapped there as hostages.
They shut down the borders of Gaza, invading the area and holding Palestinian officials hostage.
Academic globalisation, with all of its potential pitfalls, is breaking down the borders.
The EU instead appears to be shifting the focus to locking down the borders of "Fortress Europe".
Israel itself is cut off from the outside world, the airport is shut down, the borders are closed and the checkpoints into the West Bank remain sealed off.
