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close one's doors

close one's doors verb: to close down.

Verb

close one's doors (third-person singular simple present closes one's doors, present participle closing one's doors, simple past and past participle closed one's doors)

  1. (factory etc.) To close down.
    • The end of an era was marked on January 19, when the old depot at Gosforth closed its doors for the final time.2023 February 8, “News in pictures: Metro maintenance moves as Gosforth closes”, in RAIL, number 976, page 29

Antonyms of close one's doors

  • open one's doors

Forms of close one's doors

third-person singular presentcloses one's doors
present participleclosing one's doors
past participleclosed one's doors
pastclosed one's doors

Questions about close one's doors

What does close one's doors mean?
Close one's doors means to close down.
What part of speech is close one's doors?
Close one's doors is a verb.
What is the past tense of close one's doors?
The past tense of close one's doors is closed one's doors.

Words near close one's doors in the dictionary

  1. close of play
  2. close off
  3. close on the heels of
  4. close one
  5. close one eye
  6. close one's doors
  7. close one's ears
  8. close one's eyes
  9. close one's eyes and think of England
  10. close one's eyes for the last time
  11. close one's mind

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