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close out

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: close out

1
v
terminate
2
v
make impossible, especially beforehand
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: close out
1

v terminate

“We closed out our account”
Type of:
end, terminate
bring to an end or halt

v terminate by selling off or disposing of

“He closed out his line of sports cars”
Type of:
cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out
throw or cast away
2

v make impossible, especially beforehand

Synonyms:
preclude, rule out
Type of:
eliminate, obviate, rid of
do away with
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