What does pull up the drawbridge mean?

pull up the drawbridge

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English

Syllables: pul-l up the -draw-bridge
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To stop allowing people to join or enter; to follow a policy of isolationism.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: pull up the ladder"
"The impact of migration on the economy and on social provision is the key area of contest between those who support more or less unfettered movement of labour and those who want to pull up the drawbridge."

Inflected Forms

pulls up the drawbridge (present, singular) pulling up the drawbridge (participle, present) pulled up the drawbridge (participle, past) pulled up the drawbridge (past)

Synonyms

pull up the ladder

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