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Put up walls

Put up walls (pout up ouôlz)

Idiom Construction

Signification

To create emotional barriers or distance from others.

Créer des barrières émotionnelles ou de la distance avec les autres. (kre des barier emosyonel u de la distans avek le zotr)

Phrases d'exemple

"After the breakup, she put up walls and stopped trusting people."

"Après la rupture, elle a érigé des murs et a cessé de faire confiance aux gens." (apre la ryuptur el erije de mur e a sese de fer konfians o zhan)

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