Foreclose

Just when the bank was about to foreclose on her home, she came into a lot of money.

If they give her three or four months to find a job and get back on her feet, maybe they won’t have to foreclose on her house.

They have to move out of their house because the bank foreclosed on their mortgage.

The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade.

One of the paradoxes of Ostpolitik, as practiced by Brandt and his successors, was that by transferring large sums of hard currency into East Germany and showering the GDR with recognition, attention, and support, West German officials unintentionally foreclosed any chance of internal change, including reform of Eastern Germany’s polluted, antiquated industrial economy.

to foreclose the possibility completely. she packed the footwell of the passenger seat with her duffel bag and camping gear and buckled a stack of seed trays on to the seat.