Idiom
bring down the curtain
Meaning
To bring something to an end.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“They will bring down the curtain on the show tonight.”
“After twenty years of success, the owners decided to bring down the curtain on their family business.”
“The sudden resignation of the director served to bring down the curtain on an era of unprecedented growth and innovation for the entire organization.”
Examples
simple
“They will bring down the curtain on the show tonight.”
contextual
“After twenty years of success, the owners decided to bring down the curtain on their family business.”
complex
“The sudden resignation of the director served to bring down the curtain on an era of unprecedented growth and innovation for the entire organization.”
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