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foreclose

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1 —as in:
foreclose on the loan

Definition

take a property from a borrower who did not pay a loan that was secured by the property

The lender is threatening to foreclose.

foreclose = take a property from a borrower who did not pay a loan that was secured by the property

Other Uses (with this meaning)

The next thing you know that mortgage will be foreclosed on Mis' Randall, and she and the children won't have a roof over their heads.
Kate Douglas Wiggin -- Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm
A mortgage was foreclosed on it, and we had to give up possession.
Jack London -- The Iron Heel
Few strangers passed through Welch these days, and almost all who did came to inflict one form of misery or another—to lay off workers, to shut down a mine, to foreclose on someone's house, to compete for the rare job opening.
Jeannette Walls -- The Glass Castle

foreclose = take a property from a borrower who did not pay a loan

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2 —as in:
foreclose the possibility

Definition

keep from happening or make impossible

The President will not foreclose any possibilities.

foreclose = keep from happening or make impossible

The violation forecloses any possibility of the promotion.

forecloses = keep from happening or make impossible

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