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bring down the curtain en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, qualifier:at, with-on) To bring something to an end.
    • At the other end of the day, Crewe Carriage Sidings is the destination of rolling stock from all routes, which bring terminating workings into the station before going to the depot for servicing. The 2155 ex-Cardiff brings down the curtain at 0103. 2020 June 17, David Clough, “Then and now: trains through Crewe”, in Rail, page 63:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
brought down the curtain Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
brought down the curtain Tense=Past lexicographic
bringing down the curtain Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
brings down the curtain Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
bring the curtain down alternative lexicographic

Relateds

final curtain

Synonyms

pull down the curtain