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to stop doing business or operating permanently
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if a shop, school, factory, or business shuts down, or if someone shuts it down, it closes, usually permanently
to close a business
if something such as a business goes under, it fails completely and stops operating
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to close a business and sell everything that it owns, usually in order to pay money that is owed
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if something such as a business or a relationship fails, it has a lot of problems and can no longer continue
if a company goes out of business, it stops doing business permanently, especially because it has failed
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a percussion instrument used by football fans which makes a rattling sound when shaken
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