(transitive) To enclose, confine.
We finally managed to close up the shop for the night at about 10 o'clock.
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(intransitive) To close completely or fully.
Some flowers close up at night to stay protected from the cold.
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(intransitive) To move nearer together so that a gap is removed.
The crowd closed up and I couldn't get through to the train.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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