tape off
Mark restricted area
To tape off an area is to mark its boundaries with tape, typically to restrict access or prevent entry.
Police tape off crime scenes, painters tape off trim before rolling walls, and workers tape off hazardous zones.
The tape serves as a visible barrier: The investigators taped off the entire parking lot.
- maskingConcealing by covering
- crime sceneLocation of an offense
- restrictTo impose limits upon
- isolateSeparate from others
- sealAuthentication stamp or mark
safety perimeter · police line · forensic · barrier · renovate · construction zone · evidence · exclusion · keep out · partition · investigation · boundary · caution · hazard · delineate · warning · section · no entry
- boundariesboundary, boundary line, borders, border, edges
access restriction
tape offopen up
Reveal inner thoughts
open to the public · unrestrict · unblock · throw open · admit