English Explanatory Dictionary

close the book on

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To stop worrying about or trying to do something about; to ignore.
  2. To finish; to bring to an end.

Word forms

close the book on closes the book on closing the book on closed the book on

Etymology

By analogy to closing an accounting journal.

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