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number close

/ˈnʌmbə(ɹ)ˌkləʊz/

number close verb: to end the pickup of a woman by getting her telephone number.

Verb

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

  1. To end the pickup of a woman by getting her telephone number.
    • I number closed her but she flaked.

Noun

number close (plural number closes)

  1. The successful acquisition of a woman's telephone number at the end of a pickup attempt.

Forms of number close

Verb
third-person singular presentnumber closes
present participlenumber closing
past participlenumber closed
pastnumber closed
Noun
pluralnumber closes

Origin of number close

From number + close.

Questions about number close

What does number close mean?
Number close means to end the pickup of a woman by getting her telephone number.
What part of speech is number close?
Number close can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce number close?
Number close is pronounced /ˈnʌmbə(ɹ)ˌkləʊz/.
What is the past tense of number close?
The past tense of number close is number closed.

Words near number close in the dictionary

  1. Number 11
  2. number 2
  3. number 2 pencil
  4. number 2 pencils
  5. number 2s
  6. number close
  7. number closed
  8. number closes
  9. number closing
  10. number coding
  11. number cruncher

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