Close up has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:
Verb
· Adverb
Verb
1
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"
2
block passage through
"obstruct the path"
3
unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
"close the circuit"
"close a wound"
"close a book"
"close up an umbrella"
4
refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
"The children shut up when their father approached"
5
To move people closer together.
Adverb
1
very close
"without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up"
"even firing at close range he missed"
Example Sentences
"The owners decided to move and to close the factory"
verb
"My business closes every night at 8 P.M."
verb
"close up the shop"
verb
"obstruct the path"
verb
"close the circuit"
verb
"close a wound"
verb
"close a book"
verb
"close up an umbrella"
verb
"The children shut up when their father approached"
verb
"without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up"
adverb
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