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if a business or organization closes down or someone closes it down, it stops operating: The local factory closed down in June.
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Synonyms for CLOSED (DOWN): shut, closed, closed out, phased out, turned off, extinguished, silenced, suppressed; Antonyms of CLOSED (DOWN): started, ...
Synonyms for CLOSE (DOWN): shut, close, close out, phase out, turn off, silence, extinguish, quell; Antonyms of CLOSE (DOWN): start, open, build, expand, ...
cease to operate or cause to cease operating. synonyms: close, close up, fold, shut down. see moresee less. antonyms: open, open up.
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. noun close-down ...
verb · to cease or cause to cease operations. the shop closed down · tr sport to mark or move towards (an opposing player) in order to prevent him or her ...
closed-down · banned · barred · contraband · illegal · illicit · restricted. Strong matches. crooked · proscribed · refused · taboo · vetoed.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishclose down phrasal verb1 close something ↔ downSHUT/CLOSE if a company, shop etc closes down or is closed ...
Close means to change from being open to not being open, or cause something to change from open to not being open. When a business closes it stops operating ...
close down. 1. To cease business operations for any length of time (often permanently). I loved that restaurant, so I'm very disappointed that it closed down.