close-up
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(r) very close
- without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up
- even firing at close range he missed
Verbs
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(v) 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
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(v) block passage through
- obstruct the path
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(v) unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- close the circuit
- close a wound
- close a book
- close up an umbrella
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(v) refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
- The children shut up when their father approached