shut down
Idioms-
See close down , def. 1.
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Stop or switch off machinery, as in They shut down all the machines for one week a year . [Late 1800s]
Example Sentences
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Musk, however, has repeatedly shut down rumors that Tesla would produce a phone.
From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026
Defending men's champion Sinner shut down questions about the protest - saying he wanted to talk only about tennis - in a short English language section before switching to Italian.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026
Anthropic swiftly shut down all access to those models, saying it could not reliably comply with the restriction on foreign nationals.
From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026
While the viral attention eventually shut down the Oregon outlet, Schneider didn’t stop there.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
When AIG abruptly changed its mind, traders inside AIG FP assumed their decision might completely shut down the subprime mortgage market.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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