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ring up the curtain

ring up the curtain verb: to start something.

Verb

ring up the curtain (third-person singular simple present rings up the curtain, present participle ringing up the curtain, simple past rang up the curtain, past participle rung up the curtain)

  1. To start something.
    • I caught her in my arms; she kissed me, pushed me gently away, and added: “Ring up the curtain, uncle. Little Moccasin is ready"1879, The Peterson magazine - Volumes 75-76, page 444
    • She remembered perfectly the first sign he had given of it — it had been like the bell that was to ring up the curtain upon the real drama of their life.1976, Waldemar Gutwinski, Cohesion in Literary Texts: A study of some grammatical and lexical features of English discourse, →ISBN

ring up the curtain meaning in Bengali

ring up the curtain in Bengali

কোনো কিছু শুরু করা

Antonyms of ring up the curtain

Forms of ring up the curtain

third-person singular presentrings up the curtain
present participleringing up the curtain
pastrang up the curtain
past participlerung up the curtain

Origin of ring up the curtain

In reference to ringing a bell to start a theatrical performance.

Questions about ring up the curtain

What does ring up the curtain mean?
Ring up the curtain means to start something.
What is ring up the curtain in Bengali?
Ring up the curtain in Bengali is কোনো কিছু শুরু করা. See Ring up the curtain meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is ring up the curtain?
Ring up the curtain is a verb.
What is the past tense of ring up the curtain?
The past tense of ring up the curtain is rang up the curtain.

Words near ring up the curtain in the dictionary

  1. ring topology
  2. ring toss
  3. ring tosses
  4. ring true
  5. ring up
  6. ring up the curtain
  7. ring vaccination
  8. ring vaccinations
  9. ring walk
  10. ring walks
  11. ring watch

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