Synonyms for close up
close up

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1. close up, close, fold, shut down, close downverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   block, come together, pen up, belt up, shut, button up, fill up, impede, conclude, be quiet, dummy up, clam up, keep mum, close, close down, obstruct, fold, obturate, turn up, shut down, fold up, shut up, jam, occlude

   Antonyms:
   open up

2. obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close upverb

   block passage through

   "obstruct the path"

   Synonyms:
   immobilize, close, button up, fold, block up, crush, lug, halt, ram, obturate, jam, pile, pack, block off, blank out, mob, freeze, obstruct, deflect, parry, stop, embarrass, shut up, kibosh, draw a blank, hinder, impede, block, clam up, forget, chock up, throng, stuff, stymy, blockade, immobilise, bar, be quiet, occlude, barricade, dummy up, cram, wad, keep mum, choke up, jampack, stymie, shut down, belt up, close down

   Antonyms:
   open up

3. close up, closeverb

   unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of

   "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella"

   Synonyms:
   block, come together, belt up, shut, button up, fill up, impede, conclude, be quiet, dummy up, clam up, keep mum, close, close down, obstruct, fold, obturate, shut down, shut up, jam, occlude

   Antonyms:
   open up

4. close up, clam up, dummy up, shut up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mumadverb

   refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent

   "The children shut up when their father approached"

   Synonyms:
   block, shut away, belt up, hush, button up, dummy, impede, lock away, lock up, hush up, be quiet, still, dummy up, clam up, keep mum, close, close down, obstruct, put away, lock in, fold, obturate, lock, shut down, quieten, shut up, jam, silence, occlude

   Antonyms:
   open up

5. close up, at close rangeadverb

   very close

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

   Synonyms:
   at close range

   Antonyms:
   open up

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1. close up

   Synonyms:
   unite, join, consolidate, bring together

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1. Rob Bliss:

   I simply wanted to capture street harassment in a very intimate, close-up way in the real world and have people talk about it, i just wanted to lay it all bare.

2. Blessing Irish:

   At a certain age some people's minds close up they live on their intellectual fat.

3. Ken Williford:

   Our current plan is to visit Raised Ridges and investigate it close up, the helicopter's images are by far better in resolution than the orbital ones we were using. Studying these will allow us to ensure that visiting Raised Ridges is important to the team.

4. Diane Kruger:

   The funny part is that Quentin’s hands are in the close-up, but Quentin Tarantino said, ‘ [ Christoph Waltz is ] not going to do it right, it ’ll either be too much or too little. ’.

5. Richard Moissl:

   What’s unusual about this object is that this is rather rare, that an object of this size passes so close to Earth. Interstellar Lab Food pods happens about once every 10 years, but this is a once in a decade opportunity to get some nice close-up measurements in a relatively large body that is relatively easy to measure to that effect.