CLOSE DOWN
Dictionary entry overview: What does close down mean? • CLOSE DOWN (verb)
The verb CLOSE DOWN has 1 sense:
1. cease to operate or cause to cease operating
Familiarity information: CLOSE DOWN used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CLOSE DOWN (verb)
Meaning:
Cease to operate or cause to cease operating
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
close; close down; close up; shut down; fold
Context examples:
The owners decided to move and to close the factory / My business closes every night at 8 P.M. / close up the shop
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "close down"):
adjourn; retire; withdraw (break from a meeting or gathering)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The business is going to close down
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