shutting down

Verb

shut down (third-person singular simple present shuts down, present participle shutting down, simple past and past participle shut down)

1. (transitive) To close, terminate, or end; to stop operating, either permanently or temporarily.
   • The store was shut down at the end of the year.
   1. (ergative, transitive) To turn off or stop.
      • It's a good idea to shut down the machine before you leave.
   2. (intransitive, transitive) To stop offering a service, such as a bar; to perform the necessary tasks to stop a service or close a function.
      • The restaurant shuts down at two o'clock in the morning.
   3. (dated, intransitive, transitive) To become dark.
      • Once the night shut down, I couldn't see my way home.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To suppress, block out, or reject something.
   • She made a proposal to reorganize the department, but management shut her down.
   1. (figuratively, transitive) To render (something) ineffective.
      • We shut down the other team's strategy.

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