same as close
to lock the doors of a building or business
to move people or things closer together, or to move closer together
to refuse to talk about your true feelings or thoughts
to stop an activity or close a business, either for a short time or permanently
All the shops had closed up for the night.
As the storm approached, everyone began closing up their businesses.
Bars remain open until four in the morning, but most churches close up shop by six or seven.
In close-up, he learned, a squirrel looks a lot less cute than it does from a distance.
One showed a close-up of a disembowelled stomach, with a heap of glistening, snaking intestines piled on a dish at the side.
The AK-47's effective range was three to four hundred yards; and the grenades could only be used in really close-up fighting.
The cut has closed up without a scar.
The middle picture showed a close-up of the man holding the banner.
The runners had closed up and were moving in a tight little pack.
Why do you close up every time I mention your father?
closes up
closing up
closed up
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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