shuts out

One view is that flow might be a state of highly focused concentration or hyperfocus that shuts out extraneous thoughts and other distractions to enable superior performance on a task.

“Those targeting Fearless Fund want to propagate a system that privileges some and shuts out most. They want us to pretend that inequities do not exist. They want us to deny our history.”

By holding the news conference in Japan, it shuts out a host of U.S. outlets that did not make the trip to cover the summit of leaders from the top economies.

He shakes off his coat just outside the door, then hangs it up and shuts out the rain.

That system shuts out many who can’t afford the cost, he said.