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   Also found in: Medical, Legal, Financial, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.03 sec.
close down [kləʊz]
vb (adverb)
1. to cease or cause to cease operations the shop closed down
2. (General Sporting Terms) (tr) Sport to mark or move towards (an opposing player) in order to prevent him or her running with the ball or making or receiving a pass
n close-down [ˈkləʊzˌdaʊn]
1. a closure or stoppage of operations, esp in a factory
2. (Communication Arts / Broadcasting) Brit Radio television the end of a period of broadcasting, esp late at night
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.close down - cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop"
adjourn, retire, withdraw - break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
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vi
(business, shop etc)schließen, zumachen (inf); (factory: permanently) → stillgelegt werden
(Rad, TV) → das Programm beenden; programmes close down at about 12Sendeschluss (ist) gegen 24 Uhr; we’re now closing down for the night(und) damit ist unser heutiges Programm beendet
vt sep shop etcschließen; factory (permanently) → stilllegen


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The big packers did not turn their hands off and close down, like the canning factories; but they began to run for shorter and shorter hours.
The livelong day he sat in his loom, his ear filled with its monotony, his eyes bent close down on the slow growth of sameness in the brownish web, his muscles moving with such even repetition that their pause seemed almost as much a constraint as the holding of his breath.
And in all seriousness they have set a gun- boat to watch the vessel night and day, with orders to close down on any revolutionary movement in a twinkling
 
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