close (sth) down
— phrasal verb with close uk/kləʊz/us/kloʊz/verb
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.
More examples
- The local factory closed down in June.
- If the school closed down, the children would face a long bus journey every day.
- Pensioners are devastated to hear that the Post Office is closing down.
- The government closed down all opposition newspapers.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Success & failure in business
- administration
- axe
- bankrupt
- bankruptcy
- branch
- branch out
- collapse
- establish
- fold
- foreclose
- liquidate
- liquidator
- locate
- moribund
- official receiver
- organic growth
- prosper
- receivership
- shut (sth) down
- spin
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