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close up

/kləʊzˈʌp/
verb
  1. To move people closer together.

    "The crowd closed up and I couldn't get through to the train."

  2. To shut a building or a business for a period of time.

    "The car factory has closed up for the August holidays."

  3. To heal a cut or other wound

    "With stitches, the cut should close up in a week to ten days."

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