1
[ adverb ] very close

Synonyms

at_close_range

Examples

"without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up" "even firing at close range he missed"

Used in print

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

You definitely hear some of the instruments close_up and others farther back , with the difference in placement apparently more distinct than would result from the nearer instruments merely being louder than the ones farther back .

2
[ verb ] block passage through

Examples

"obstruct the path"

3
[ verb ] refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent

Examples

"The children shut up when their father approached"

Related terms

open_up

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