close one's doors in English

Forms: closes one's doors [present, singular, third-person], closing one's doors [participle, present], closed one's doors [participle, past], closed one's doors [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} close one's doors (third-person singular simple present closes one's doors, present participle closing one's doors, simple past and past participle closed one's doors)

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "open one's doors"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "closes one's doors",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "closing one's doors",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "closed one's doors",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "closed one's doors",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 February 8, “News in pictures: Metro maintenance moves as Gosforth closes”, in RAIL, number 976, page 29:",
          "text": "The end of an era was marked on January 19, when the old depot at Gosforth closed its doors for the final time.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To close down."
      ],
      "id": "en-close_one's_doors-en-verb-p4kT47u9",
      "links": [
        [
          "close down",
          "close down"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "factory etc.",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a business, factory etc.) To close down."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a business"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "close one's doors"
}

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "open one's doors"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "closes one's doors",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "closing one's doors",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "closed one's doors",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "closed one's doors",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "close one's doors (third-person singular simple present closes one's doors, present participle closing one's doors, simple past and past participle closed one's doors)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 February 8, “News in pictures: Metro maintenance moves as Gosforth closes”, in RAIL, number 976, page 29:",
          "text": "The end of an era was marked on January 19, when the old depot at Gosforth closed its doors for the final time.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To close down."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "close down",
          "close down"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "factory etc.",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a business, factory etc.) To close down."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a business"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "close one's doors"
}

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"close one's doors" meaning in English

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