Meaning of close up in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

verb

• To move people closer together.

  Example: The crowd closed up and I couldn't get through to the train.

• To shut a building or a business for a period of time.

  Example: The car factory has closed up for the August holidays.

• To heal a cut or other wound

  Example: With stitches, the cut should close up in a week to ten days.