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come to a close

come to a close verb: to draw toward a conclusion; to end.

Verb

come to a close (third-person singular simple present comes to a close, present participle coming to a close, simple past came to a close, past participle come to a close)

  1. (idiomatic) To draw toward a conclusion; to end.
    • Big hair went out of style as the 1980s came to a close.
    Synonyms:
    come to an end

come to a close meaning in Tamil

come to a close in Tamil

முடி

Synonyms of come to a close

Forms of come to a close

third-person singular presentcomes to a close
present participlecoming to a close
pastcame to a close
past participlecome to a close

Questions about come to a close

What does come to a close mean?
Come to a close means to draw toward a conclusion; to end.
What is come to a close in Tamil?
Come to a close in Tamil is முடி. See Come to a close meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is come to a close?
Come to a close is a verb.
What is the past tense of come to a close?
The past tense of come to a close is came to a close.

Words near come to a close in the dictionary

  1. come the raw prawn
  2. come thick and fast
  3. come through
  4. come to
  5. come to a boil
  6. come to a close
  7. come to a head
  8. come to a stand
  9. come to a sticky end
  10. come to a stop
  11. come to an end

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Adapted from Wiktionary: come to a close (page history and authors); come to a close (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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