bring down the curtain
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Wales and South Africa bring down the curtain on the world's 2025 international programme on Saturday.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025
The announcement on Saturday that Paul will retire at the end of this NBA season will bring down the curtain on his Hall of Fame career.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025
It felt right, she said, to bring down the curtain with this role.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2022
The alternative, as “The Anomaly” makes clear, is that whoever controls the simulation will lose patience and, in an instant, bring down the curtain.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2021
Is it not one of the rules of his profession to bring down the curtain on a witticism?
From The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama by Filon, Augustin
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