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CLOSE OUT
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Terminate
Example:
We closed out our account
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "close out" is one way to...):
end; terminate (bring to an end or halt)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Terminate by selling off or disposing of
Example:
He closed out his line of sports cars
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "close out" is one way to...):
cast aside; cast away; cast out; chuck out; discard; dispose; fling; put away; throw away; throw out; toss; toss away; toss out (throw or cast away)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
closeout (a sale intended to dispose of all remaining stock)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Make impossible, especially beforehand
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "close out" is one way to...):
eliminate; obviate; rid of (do away with)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
