close (sth) down
— phrasal verb with close /kləʊz/
/kloʊz/ verb Definition
B2 If a business or organization closes down or someone closes it down, it stops operating: All the mines in this area were closed down in the 1980s. Our local butcher is closing down.Starting, succeeding and failing in business
(Definition of close (sth) down from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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