bring the curtain down

English

Verb

bring the curtain down (third-person singular simple present brings the curtain down, present participle bringing the curtain down, simple past and past participle brought the curtain down)

1. Alternative form of bring down the curtain
   • 2024 January 30, Phil McNulty, “Nottingham Forest 1-2 Arsenal: Gunners in title race after they close gap to leaders Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Arsenal's scenes of celebration at the final whistle at the City Ground were in the sharpest contrast to their last visit to Nottingham Forest, when defeat brought the curtain down on a season-long Premier League title quest.

Further reading

• “bring down the curtain on”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “bring down the curtain on something bring the curtain down on something” (US) / “bring down the curtain on something bring the curtain down on something” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.

Anagrams

• bring down the curtain