close up

adverb

  1. 1

    very close

    without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up

    even firing at close range he missed

verb

  1. 1

    refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent

    The children shut up when their father approached

  2. 2

    unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of

    close the circuit

    close a wound

  3. 3

    block passage through

    obstruct the path

  4. 4

    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.

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