close down
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /kləʊzˈdaʊn/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /kloʊzˈdaʊn/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /kləʉzˈdæɔn/
Verb[edit]
close down (third-person singular simple present closes down, present participle closing down, simple past and past participle closed down)
- (transitive, intransitive) To stop trading as a business.
- Synonyms: close one's doors, close up, shut down, shutter, shut up
- The local factory will close down soon, unless sales pick up.
- They had to close the mine down as it was in a dangerous condition.
- 2022 December 14, Christian Wolmar, “Productivity should play no part in pay negotiations”, in RAIL, number 972, page 46:
- Eventually the NUR overplayed its hands with an all-out strike. And when Peter Parker, the then-chairman of BR, who was well regarded among his staff, called their bluff by threatening to close down the entire network, they caved in.
- (transitive) To surround someone, as to impede their movement.
- Synonym: shut down
- If anyone passes to Smith, close him down.
Derived terms[edit]
- closedown (noun)
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to stop trading
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