Close up

verb

/kləʊzˈʌp/

Word Frequency: 1.4

Definitions

1.verbTo move people closer together.

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

2.verbTo shut a building or a business for a period of time.

"The car factory has closed up for the August holidays."

3.verbTo heal a cut or other wound

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

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