close up

1. (intransitive)To close (remove a gap) completely or fully.

   Some flowers close up at night to stay protected from the cold.

2. (intransitive)To move nearer together so that a gap is removed.

   The crowd closed up and I couldn't get through to the train.

3. (transitive)To enclose, confine.

4. (ambitransitive)To shut a building or a business for a period of time.

   We finally managed to close up the shop for the night at about 10 o'clock.

   The car factory has closed up for the August holidays.

5. (intransitive)Of a cut or other wound: To heal.

   With stitches, the cut should close up in a week to ten days.

6. (intransitive)To become less 'open' or communicative; to shrink back.

   to close up emotionally

7. (Australia, intransitive, slang)To stop talking.

   refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent

1. They closed up shop and left town.

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2. When the door closed, Tom looked up.

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3. I came very close to giving up.

   deIch war kurz davor aufzugeben.

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4. You'll close up, won't you?

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5. However, the close-ups were excellent.

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irregular

• close upзакрити, зачинитиTo close (remove a gap) completely or fully.
• close outзакрити, зачинитиTo terminate; to call the end of.
• close inпритягнути, притягтиTo enclose, lock up inside something.
• close downзакрити, зачинитиTo stop trading as a business.
• close offTo seal or block the entrance to a road, an area, or a building so that people cannot enter.
• close withTo fight in a battle with (someone).
• close roundTo surround (someone, something); to form a circle.