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close down

• cease business or operation, especially permanently.
• "the company closed down some years later"
Similar: close, shut down, cease activity, cease production, cease operating, come to a halt, cease trading, fail, collapse, go out of business, crash, go under, go bankrupt, become insolvent, go into receivership, go into liquidation, be liquidated, be wound up, be closed (down), be shut (down), fold, flop, go broke, go bump, go to the wall, go bust,
Opposite: open,

close-down noun

• a cessation of work or business, especially on a permanent basis.


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