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noun ADJ. extreme CLOSE-UP + NOUN detail The slide gave close-up detail of petal formation. | photograph, picture, shot, view PREP. in ~ The wound was photographed in extreme close-up.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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Phrase(s): close up
1. Lit. [for an opening] to close completely. • The door closed up and would not open again. • The wound will close up completely in a day or so. 2. Fig. [for a place of business] to close for business. • The store closed up and did not open until the next day., Phrase(s): close something up
1. to close someone’s business, office, shop, etc., temporarily or permanently. • Tom’s restaurant nearly went out of business when the health department closed him up. • The health department closed up the restaurant. 2. to close something that is open, such as a door or a box. • Please close the door when you leave., Phrase(s): close someone up
to close a surgical wound at the end of a surgical procedure. • Fred, would you close her up for me? • Fred closed up the patient.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Also, close up shop. Stop doing business, temporarily or permanently; also, stop working. For example, The bank is closing up all its overseas branches, or That's enough work for one day? I'm closing up shop and going home. [Late 1500s]
American Heritage Idioms