shut out

verb

To prevent from entering; to block or exclude.
“His wife shut him out of his own house.”
“This triple-glazing shuts out the noise of the traffic.”
To hide from sight.
“The high wall shut out the countryside beyond.”
“It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.”
To refuse to be open and vulnerable toward.
“No! Why? Why do you shut me out? Why do you shut THE WORLD out?”
To prevent from scoring; to perform a shutout.