"roll up the sidewalks" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: rolls up the sidewalks [present, singular, third-person], rolling up the sidewalks [participle, present], rolled up the sidewalks [participle, past], rolled up the sidewalks [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} roll up the sidewalks (third-person singular simple present rolls up the sidewalks, present participle rolling up the sidewalks, simple past and past participle rolled up the sidewalks)
  1. (US) To close all commercial businesses for the day. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-roll_up_the_sidewalks-en-verb-kFHbC32P Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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