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"(intransitive) To close (remove a gap) completely or fully."
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"To move nearer together so that a gap is removed."
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"(intransitive) To move nearer together so that a gap is removed."
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"sense": "to move closer together",
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"text": "We finally managed to close up the shop for the night at about 10 o'clock."
},
{
"text": "The car factory has closed up for the August holidays."
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"To shut a building or a business for a period of time."
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"(transitive, intransitive) To shut a building or a business for a period of time."
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"sense": "to shut for a period of time",
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"text": "With stitches, the cut should close up in a week to ten days."
}
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"Of a cut or other wound: To heal."
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"(intransitive) Of a cut or other wound: To heal."
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"sense": "of a wound, to heal",
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"text": "to close up emotionally",
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"To become less 'open' or communicative; to shrink back."
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"(intransitive) To become less 'open' or communicative; to shrink back."
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"(intransitive) To close (remove a gap) completely or fully."
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"To move nearer together so that a gap is removed."
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"(intransitive) To move nearer together so that a gap is removed."
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"text": "We finally managed to close up the shop for the night at about 10 o'clock."
},
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"text": "The car factory has closed up for the August holidays."
}
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[
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"(transitive, intransitive) To shut a building or a business for a period of time."
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"text": "With stitches, the cut should close up in a week to ten days."
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"Of a cut or other wound: To heal."
],
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[
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"heal"
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"(intransitive) Of a cut or other wound: To heal."
],
"tags": [
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"text": "to close up emotionally",
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"To become less 'open' or communicative; to shrink back."
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"(intransitive) To become less 'open' or communicative; to shrink back."
],
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move closer together",
"word": "tiivistyä"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move closer together",
"word": "tiivistää"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to shut for a period of time",
"word": "sulkea"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to shut for a period of time",
"word": "holde stengt"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to shut for a period of time",
"word": "stenge"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "of a wound, to heal",
"word": "umpeutua"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"english": "literally; to grow, grow up",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "of a wound, to heal",
"word": "gro"
}
],
"word": "close up"
}
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