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Close up

//kləʊzˈʌp// verb, slang

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    very close wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To close (remove a gap) completely or fully. intransitive

    "Some flowers close up at night to stay protected from the cold."

  2. 2
    refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent wordnet
  3. 3
    To move nearer together so that a gap is removed. intransitive

    "The crowd closed up and I couldn't get through to the train."

  4. 4
    unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of wordnet
  5. 5
    To shut a building or a business for a period of time. ambitransitive

    "We finally managed to close up the shop for the night at about 10 o'clock."

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  1. 6
    block passage through wordnet
  2. 7
    Of a cut or other wound: To heal. intransitive

    "With stitches, the cut should close up in a week to ten days."

  3. 8
    cease to operate or cause to cease operating wordnet
  4. 9
    To become less 'open' or communicative; to shrink back. intransitive

    "to close up emotionally"

  5. 10
    To stop talking. Australia, intransitive, slang

Etymology

Dissimilated from Middle English upclosen (“to close up, stop up, seal”).

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