close down
phrasal verbclose down
- (British English) if a radio or television station closes down, it stops broadcasting at the end of the day related noun close-downTopics TV, radio and newsc1
close down | close something down
(also close)
- if a company, shop, etc. closes down, or if you close it down, it stops operating as a business
- All the steelworks around here were closed down in the 1980s.