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bring down the curtain en · VERB
Meanings
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(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
Relateds
final curtain
Synonyms
pull down the curtain