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Meaning of pull the shutters down | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To shut down, terminate, or ignore.

idiomatic

Examples

There are times when we have to pull the shutters down on all the irritating aspects of our lives and retreat into the peace and quiet of our own inner dreamworld where the sun is shining and we are doing our own thing.”
The financial crisis at Apple Computer Inc. spilled over to Singapore recently with the company deciding to pull the shutters down on its design center and lay off 101 of its 974 employees in the island #state.”
Britain should notpull the shutters down” on China, as it would be counterproductive to the national interest, the foreign secretary has told the Guardian.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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