1. close_up - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): close, fold, shut_down, close_down
2. close_up - verb
· block passage through; "obstruct the path"
Synonym(s): obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block
3. close_up - verb
· unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of; "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella"
Synonym(s): close
Hypernym(s): join
4. close_up - verb
· refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached"
Synonym(s): clam_up, dummy_up, shut_up, belt_up, button_up, be_quiet, keep_mum
Antonym(s): open_up
5. close_up - adverb
· very close; "without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up"; "even firing at close range he missed"
Synonym(s): at_close_range
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