shut (sth) down

— phrasal verb with shut

/ʃʌt/ verb [I or T] (present tense shutting, past tense and past participle shut)

Definition

B1 If a business or a large piece of equipment shuts down or someone shuts it down, it stops operating: The company plans to shut down four factories and cut 10,000 jobs. The crew shut down the right-hand engine of the aircraft.Not functioningStarting, succeeding and failing in business

(Definition of shut (sth) down from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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