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pull the shutters down

pull the shutters down verb: to shut down, terminate, or ignore.

Verb

pull the shutters down (third-person singular simple present pulls the shutters down, present participle pulling the shutters down, simple past and past participle pulled the shutters down)

  1. (idiomatic) To shut down, terminate, or ignore.
    • There are times when we have to pull the shutters down on all the irritating aspects of our lives and retreat into the peace and quiet of our own inner dreamworld where the sun is shining and we are doing our own thing.1987, Eric Taylor, Be Fit Through Your Forties, page 68
    • The financial crisis at Apple Computer Inc. spilled over to Singapore recently with the company deciding to pull the shutters down on its design center and lay off 101 of its 974 employees in the island #state.1997 May, “Apple shuts down Singapore design centre”, in Canadian Computer Wholesaler, page 50

pull the shutters down meaning in Bengali

pull the shutters down in Bengali

বন্ধ করে দেওয়া, সমাপ্ত করা, উপেক্ষা করা

Forms of pull the shutters down

third-person singular presentpulls the shutters down
present participlepulling the shutters down
past participlepulled the shutters down
pastpulled the shutters down

Origin of pull the shutters down

From the practice of stores using roller shutters to protect their entrances when closed.

Questions about pull the shutters down

What does pull the shutters down mean?
Pull the shutters down means to shut down, terminate, or ignore.
What is pull the shutters down in Bengali?
Pull the shutters down in Bengali is বন্ধ করে দেওয়া, সমাপ্ত করা, উপেক্ষা করা. See Pull the shutters down meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is pull the shutters down?
Pull the shutters down is a verb.
What is the past tense of pull the shutters down?
The past tense of pull the shutters down is pulled the shutters down.

Words near pull the shutters down in the dictionary

  1. pull the pud
  2. pull the reins in on someone
  3. pull the reins in on something
  4. pull the rug
  5. pull the rug out from under
  6. pull the shutters down
  7. pull the string
  8. pull the trigger
  9. pull the wires
  10. pull the wool over someone's eyes
  11. pull through

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