curfew
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈkɜrˌfju/
:
toque de queda
- The city imposed a curfew to ensure everyone's safety after the protests.
- impose a curfew
- enforce the curfew
- lift the curfew
My mate was on curfew anyway, so he had to get home.
- My mate was on curfew anyway, so he had to get home.
- I did have a curfew and I just had nobody I could question.
- OK You ever show up late after your curfew?
- And she's like, my son has been, has been picked up twice for breaking curfew in two months.
- You're grounded because by this time it was past her curfew.
- Give the Tay Tay and and John John a curfew.
- And they enforced A COVID curfew.
- And because the curfew was so strict that time, you never saw anybody.
- The issue here is that unequivocally draconian tactics were used on peaceful protesters before curfew started.
- So they within a few months of being out, they fitted me with this giant ankle bracelet and now I had a curfew.
- But also could put very strict release conditions on him, home detention, home confinement, A curfew, travel limitations, wearing a monitoring device.
Examples
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All interzone workers with day passes are reminded that curfew begins at midnight.
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My mate was on curfew anyway, so he had to get home.
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I did have a curfew and I just had nobody I could question.
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And we'll have him back by curfew.
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What time is your curfew?
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Lots of town centers have been under curfew for extended periods.
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Amie, we are late for curfew.
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You kids shouldn't be out past curfew.
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By Friday, September 5, over 500 people had been arrested and the curfew was revoked.
Academic text (1997) -
In consequence of this, a curfew was imposed in all Eritrean towns in November 1973.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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4.5
A set time in places like dorms when people must turn off lights to go to bed
Antonyms
How Strict
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4.2
151
4.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Curfew comes from the old French phrase couvre-feu, made of couvre 'cover' and feu 'fire'. A bell or other signal once told people to 'cover the fire' and go indoors at night, so today a curfew is the set time when people must stay inside.