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CLOSE OUT

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Terminateplay

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 ofplay

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 beforehandplay

Synonyms:

close out; preclude; rule out

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

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