Definition of close up Close up
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What does close up mean?
WordNet
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| close up - 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, fold, shut down, close down | ||
| open up, open talk freely and without inhibition | ||
| adjourn, retire, withdraw close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" | ||
| close up - 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 | ||
| bring together, join make contact or come together; "The two roads join here" | ||
| close up - refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached" | ||
| clam up, dummy up, shut up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mum | ||
| open up talk freely and without inhibition | ||
| close up - block passage through; "obstruct the path" | ||
| obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block | ||
| disengage, free become free; "in neutral, the gears disengage" | ||
| impede, hinder be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project" | ||
| block off, blockade impose a blockade on | ||
| barricado, barricade block off with barricades | ||
| barricade block off with barricades | ||
| asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate, choke smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity" | ||
| tie up finish the last row | ||
| dam, dam up obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River" | ||
| block out, screen plan where and when songs should be inserted into a theatrical production, or plan a theatrical production in general | ||
| earth up, land up block with earth, as after a landslide | ||
| block up, barricade, block off, bar, blockade, stop, block block off with barricades | ||
| clog up, congest, choke off, back up, clog, foul, choke suppress; "He choked down his rage" | ||
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| close up - very close; "without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up"; "even firing at close range he missed" | ||
| at close range | ||
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Wiktionary 
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close up
To render passage impossible by physical obstruction. -
close up
Refuse to talk or stop talking. -
close up
To cease to operate or cause to cease operating (e.g. a business or a shop).
