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Phrase(s): shut something down
Go to close something down., Phrase(s): shut down
Go to close down.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. See CLOSE DOWN, def. 1. 2. Stop or switch off machinery, as in They shut down all the machines for one week a year. [Late 1800s]
American Heritage Idioms