close up

verbs

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"

close, close down, close up, fold, shut down

block passage through

"obstruct the path"

block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude

unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of

"close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella"

close, close up

refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent

"The children shut up when their father approached"

be quiet, belt up, button up, clam up, close up, dummy up, keep mum, shut up

antonym

very close

"without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up"; "even firing at close range he missed"

at close range, close up