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closed down

closed down is the simple past and past participle of close down.

Meaning of close down

Verb

close down (third-person singular simple present closes down, present participle closing down, simple past and past participle closed down)

  1. (ambitransitive) To stop trading as a business.
    • The local factory will close down soon, unless sales pick up.
  2. (transitive) To surround someone, as to impede their movement.
    • If anyone passes to Smith, close him down.
    Synonyms:
    shut down

Questions about closed down

What is closed down the simple past and past participle of?
Closed down is the simple past and past participle of close down.

Words near closed down in the dictionary

  1. closed curve
  2. closed curves
  3. closed cut valley
  4. closed cut valleys
  5. closed door
  6. closed down
  7. closed e
  8. closed feedwater heater
  9. closed feedwater heaters
  10. closed file
  11. closed files

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Adapted from Wiktionary: closed down (page history and authors); close down (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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