close down
verb/kləʊzˈdaʊn/UK/kloʊzˈdaʊn/CA/kləʉzˈdæɔn/
Definitions
To stop trading as a business.
- 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.
- 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.
To surround someone, as to impede their movement.
- If anyone passes to Smith, close him down.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA