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complete, conclude (complete), consummate, discontinue (abandon), finish, stop
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
bring to a close
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bring to a close — conclude, finish, wrap up Now, to bring my presentation to a close, I ll tell you a story … English idioms
bring to a close — {v. phr.} To terminate; cause to end. * /The meeting was brought to an abrupt close when the speaker collapsed with a heart attack./ … Dictionary of American idioms
bring to a close — {v. phr.} To terminate; cause to end. * /The meeting was brought to an abrupt close when the speaker collapsed with a heart attack./ … Dictionary of American idioms
bring\ to\ a\ close — v. phr. To terminate; cause to end. The meeting was brought to an abrupt close when the speaker collapsed with a heart attack … Словарь американских идиом
bring to a close — end, terminate, conclude … English contemporary dictionary
close — I adj., adv. /klous/ near 1) close to (close to tears; we live close to town; close to the truth) stingy (colloq.) 2) close with (close with one s money) secretive 3) close about (close about one s past) on intimate terms 4) close to, with (close … Combinatory dictionary
close — 1 vb closed, clos·ing vt 1: to bring to an end or to a state of completion closed the case close an estate by liquidating its assets closing his account 2: to con … Law dictionary
close — close1 [klōs] adj. closer, closest [ME clos < OFr < L clausus, pp. of claudere (see CLOSE2); senses under II from notion “with spaces or intervals closed up”] I denoting the fact or state of being closed or confined 1. shut; not open 2.… … English World dictionary
close — Ⅰ. close [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) only a short distance away or apart in space or time. 2) (of a connection or resemblance) strong. 3) denoting someone who is part of a person s immediate family. 4) (of a relationship or the people conducting it) very… … English terms dictionary
close — vb 1 Close, shut are very close synonyms in the sense of to stop or fill in an opening by means of a closure (as a door, a gate, a lid, or a cover) and are often used interchangeably. However, they may have distinctive nuances of meaning and… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
