close down

to close a shop, business, etc

• Many businesses closed down.
• The store closed down for good.
• I'm closing this operation down.
• Some railroads had to close down.
• Twenty railroads were closed down.
• This mine will close down next month.
• The theme park was closed down last month.
• Possibly the factory will be closed down next week.
• He sold his goods at a sacrifice to close down his business.
• Many miners are afraid that the mine will be closed down soon.
• They closed down the ferry service since it was no longer economical.
• There used to be a bank here, but it closed down a couple of years ago.
• Many of the city's leading restaurants close down for the whole of August.
• This elementary school will be closed down at the initiative of the principal.
• Protestors rallied in a last-ditch effort to save the medical centre from closing down.