From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
close up
adv 1: very close; "without my reading glasses I can hardly see
things close up"; "even firing at close range he missed"
[syn: {close up}, {at close range}]
v 1: cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners
decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business
closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop" [syn:
{close up}, {close}, {fold}, {shut down}, {close down}]
[ant: {open}, {open up}]
2: block passage through; "obstruct the path" [syn: {obstruct},
{obturate}, {impede}, {occlude}, {jam}, {block}, {close up}]
[ant: {disengage}, {free}]
3: unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of;
"close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close
up an umbrella" [syn: {close up}, {close}]
4: refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children
shut up when their father approached" [syn: {close up}, {clam
up}, {dummy up}, {shut up}, {belt up}, {button up}, {be
quiet}, {keep mum}] [ant: {open up}]
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