close up

Meaning

1. (intransitive) To close (remove a gap) completely or fully.
2. (intransitive) To move nearer together so that a gap is removed.
3. (ambitransitive) To shut a building or a business for a period of time.
4. (intransitive) Of a cut or other wound: To heal.
5. (intransitive) To become less 'open' or communicative; to shrink back.
6. (Australia, intransitive, slang) To stop talking.

Synonyms

close

shut up

stop up

heal

block

shut down

plug up

button up

fold

close down

obturate

obstruct

block off

jam

impede

cover

occlude

plug

shut

be quiet

block up

join up

keep mum

dummy up

fall silent

stop

🛑

fill up

clam up

belt up

cicatrize

blockade

skin

at close range

cut off

closely

put away

coop in

contract

close to

call it quits

close out

close off

break up

kick

close in

break

barricade

abrogate

immobilize

immobilise

Translations

chiudere

barrer

cerrar

boucher

fermer

tacere

غلق

قفل

aufschließen

🔓

bloquer

encombrer

bloccare

سد

ostruire

فض

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kləʊzˈʌp/

Etymology

Dissimilated from Middle English upclosen (“to close up, stop up, seal”).