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close-knit
close-minded
close off
close-order drill
close out
close protection officer
close punctuation
close-ratio
close-run
close season
close-set
close shave
close thing
close to the money
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transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
stop operating permanently: to stop operating or trading permanently, or make a factory, business, or school do this
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