close up

cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop"

block passage through; "obstruct the path"

unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of; "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella"

refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached"

very close; "without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up"; "even firing at close range he missed"