close up

See also close-up

English

To move people closer together.
The crowd closed up and I couldn't get through to the train.
To shut a building or a business for a period of time.
We finally managed to close up the shop for the night at about 10 o'clock.

The car factory has closed up for the August holidays.
To heal a cut or other wound
With stitches, the cut should close up in a week to ten days.