Meaning of closing time | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The time when a public house or restaurant closes. Used to invite final drink orders.
   Canada, UK, countable, uncountable
2. Used to suggest that a deadline for action is imminent.
   UK, countable, figuratively, uncountable
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see closing, time.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“Sometimes when you sit⟳ in a restaurant, still stuffing yourself half an hour after closing time, you feel⟳ that the tired waiter at your side must surely be despising you.”

“all the women tear⟳ their blouses off / and the men they dance⟳ on the polka-dots / and it's partner found, it's partner lost / and it's hell to pay⟳ when the fiddler stops: / it's closing time”

“No. You're supposed to die⟳ for me. By the way, I did think⟳ of asking you to join⟳ my little scheme, but somehow I knew that 007's loyalty was always to the mission — never to his friend. Closing time, James. Last⟳ call⟳.”

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