To shut up or out; to prevent from doing something.
To repossess a mortgaged property whose owner has failed to make the necessary payments; used with on.
To cut off (a mortgager) by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises.
To cease doing something, particulary annoying or unpleasant; to desist.
Cease doing something, particularly annoying or unpleasant; desist.