sbarrare la strada
Italian edit
Verb edit
sbarràre la strada (first-person singular present sbàrro la strada, first-person singular past historic sbarrài la strada, past participle sbarràto la strada, auxiliary avére)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sbarrare, strada.
- (figurative, by extension) (with a) to bring an end to, shut down, or impede
- lo stato ha deciso di sbarrare la strada ai narcotrafficanti
- the state decided to shut down (the operations of) the drug traffickers