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close up
/kləʊzˈʌp/
verb
To move people closer together.
"The crowd closed up and I couldn't get through to the train."
To shut a building or a business for a period of time.
"The car factory has closed up for the August holidays."
To heal a cut or other wound
"With stitches, the cut should close up in a week to ten days."
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