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    [Noun]  | "close*down" | \ ˈklōz-ˌdau̇n \


    1: an instance of suspending or stopping operations

    Origin: 1889 ;

    [Verb]  | "close (down)" 


    1: to stop the operations of;


      * e.g., " ... the coal mine was closed down in the 1930s "




    [Noun]  | "closedown" 


    1: the stopping of a process or activity;


      * e.g., " ... ordered a closedown of operations until the cause of the mine explosion could be determined "




     [ "closed down" ]

    1: Staying somewhere until closing time

      * e.g.,  ... They were out all night and closed down the bar. 

     [ "Closed the bar down" ]

    1: When you stay at a bar so late that they kick you out so they can finish cleaning and count down the register.

      * e.g.,  ... "I'm exhausted this morning. Me and some friends closed the bar down last night." 

     [ "close the bars down" ]

    1: When you're out bar-hopping until the wee hours of the morn moving from a bar that's closing to a later-closing-bar until it's just time to call it a night and bang somebody. Event usually occurs from about 2AM to 4AM.

      * e.g.,  ... Hey, Saturday, what say you we close the bars down? 

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