bustadjective(BUSINESS)

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to stop operating permanently
close downWith sales down, the company closed one factory down and reduced the workforce at another.
closeMany of the shops in the High Street have closed recently.
shut downThe bookshop is shutting down after 25 years of business.
shutUKSeveral of the bank's local branches are shutting.
shut up shopUKThe seaside businesses all shut up shop during the winter.
go/put out of businessMy favourite ice cream shop went out of business last summer.