to close up

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To heal a cut or other wound

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

To move people closer together

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

To shut a building or a business for a period of time

The car factory has closed up for the August holidays.

If an opening, gap, or something hollow closes up, or if you close it up, it becomes closed or covered. Don't use cold water as it shocks the blood vessels into closing up
a proof correction mark to reduce the amount of space between characters or words indicated as (')
If someone closes up a building, they shut it completely and securely, often because they are going away. Just close up the shop The summer house had been closed up all year. = shut up, lock up
The camera is placed close to an object or person so that our attention is focusede on a particular detail These may serve as an in-point to a new scene, depicting a new fact or location in the story Close ups of a person have a number of different functions
very close; "without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up"; "even firing at close range he missed"
{i} photo taken from a close distance
block passage through; "obstruct the path"
A flag hoisted to the top of a flagpole Also see at the dip
refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached"
A mark used to indicate closing space between characters or words Usually used in proofing stages
very close; "without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up"; "even firing at close range he missed
{f} shut, lock; reduce profits
Remove word or line spacing
A larger-than-normal image that is formed on a negative by focusing the subject closer than normal to the lens with the use of supplementary lenses, extension tubes or bellows
to close up

    Turkish pronunciation

    tı klōs ʌp

    Pronunciation

    /tə ˈklōs ˈəp/ /tə ˈkloʊs ˈʌp/

    Videos

    ... Don't do a close up. ...
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