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close out

Other forms: closed out; closing out; closes out

Definitions of close out
  1. verb
    terminate
    “We closed out our account”
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    type of:
    end, terminate
    bring to an end or halt
  2. verb
    terminate by selling off or disposing of
    “He closed out his line of sports cars”
  3. verb
    make impossible, especially beforehand
    synonyms: preclude, rule out
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    type of:
    eliminate, obviate, rid of
    do away with
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