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close up - Dictionary definition and meaning for word
close up
Definition
(verb) cease to operate or cause to cease operating
Synonyms
:
close
,
close down
,
fold
,
shut down
Example Sentence
The owners decided to move and to close the factory
My business closes every night at 8 P.M.
close up the shop
Definition
(verb) block passage through
Synonyms
:
block
,
impede
,
jam
,
obstruct
,
obturate
,
occlude
Example Sentence
obstruct the path
Definition
(verb) unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
Synonyms
:
close
Example Sentence
close the circuit
close a wound
close a book
close up an umbrella
Definition
(verb) refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
Synonyms
:
be quiet
,
belt up
,
button up
,
clam up
,
dummy up
,
keep mum
,
shut up
Example Sentence
The children shut up when their father approached
Definition
(adv) very close
Synonyms
:
at close range
Example Sentence
without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up
even firing at close range he missed
Word used in video below:
text: close your eyes and let's close the door
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