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shut something down Definition


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shut
verb shut, shutting
    tr & intr
    1. To place or move so as to close an opening.
      Example: shut the door
      Thesaurus: close, lock, bar, bolt, fasten, latch, secure, slam; Antonym: open.
    tr & intr
    2. To close or make something close over, denying access to the contents or inside.
      Example: shut the cupboard
      Example: shut the book
    tr & intr
    3. Not to allow access to something; to forbid entrance into it.
      Example: shut up the building
      Example: The office shuts at weekends
      Form: shut up (often)
    4. To fasten or bar; to lock.
    5. To bring together the parts or outer parts of something.
      Example: Shut your eyes
      Example: I can't shut the clasp
    6. To confine.
      Example: He shuts himself in his room for hours
    7. To catch or pinch in a fastening.
      Example: I shut my finger in the window
    8. To end or terminate the operations of (a business, etc).
    intr
    9. Said of a business, etc: to cease to operate; to terminate.
adj
    1. Not open; closed.
    2. Made fast; secure.
Idiom: shut it
    slang
    To be quiet.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon scyttan to bar.

Phrasal Verb: shut someone away
    To isolate or confine them.
      Example: He shuts himself away in his study day and night
Phrasal Verb: shut something away
    To keep it hidden or concealed.
      Example: All the valuables are shut away in the attic
Phrasal Verb: shut down or shut something down
    To stop or make it stop working or operating, either for a time or permanently. See also shutdown.
Phrasal Verb: shut someone or something in
    To enclose or confine them or it.
      Example: Remember to shut the cat in tonight
Phrasal Verb: shut something off
    To switch it off; to stop the flow of it. See also shut-off.
Phrasal Verb: shut someone or something out
    To prevent them or it entering a room, building, etc.To exclude them or it.To block out (eg light).
Phrasal Verb: shut up
    To stop speaking.
Phrasal Verb: shut someone up
    To make them stop speaking; to reduce them to silence.To confine them.
Phrasal Verb: shut something up
    To close and lock (premises), either for a time or permanently.
      Example: shut up shop


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