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Close out   /kloʊs aʊt/   Listen
Close out

verb
1.
Make impossible, especially beforehand.  Synonyms: preclude, rule out.
2.
Terminate by selling off or disposing of.
3.
Terminate.






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"Close out" Quotes from Famous Books



... and found the partners engaged in liquidating the balances due depositors as fast as collections could be forced; and, as the panic began to subside, this process became quite rapid, and Mr. Lucas, by making a loan in Philadelphia, was enabled to close out all accounts without having made any serious sacrifices, Of course, no person ever lost a cent by him: he has recently died, leaving an estate of eight million dollars. During his lifetime, I had opportunities ...
— Memoirs of Three Civil War Generals, Complete • U. S. Grant, W. T. Sherman, P. H. Sheridan

... at the ferry was still quite brisk, and Mopsey was in the full tide of prosperity, selling his goods as rapidly as though he had extensively advertised to close out his entire stock ...
— Left Behind - or, Ten Days a Newsboy • James Otis

... measured, in the look she gave him when the full truth loomed upon her, the mortal cruelty of her distress; her face was like that of a passenger on a ship who sees the huge bows of another vessel towering close out of the fog. There are visions of dismay before which the best conscience recoils, and though Nick had made his choice on all the grounds there were a few minutes in which he would gladly have admitted that his wisdom was a dark mistake. His heart was in his ...
— The Tragic Muse • Henry James

... him with a half-amused, half-tolerant expression on his square face, and said, speaking in a very dry convincing voice: "I guess the check will close out all deals between us; it will pay you to keep out of my ...
— Thoroughbreds • W. A. Fraser



Words linked to "Close out" :   cast aside, cast away, toss away, eliminate, terminate, fling, throw out, closeout, chuck out, cast out, rid of, discard, toss out, obviate, throw away, toss, dispose, end, put away



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