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Definition of close the book
close the book
verb
- to end.
Last edited on Sep 02 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'book': | |
| Definitions include: to leave quickly. | |
| Definitions include: To have to run fast to catch something | |
| Definitions include: knowledge gained from reading and studying. | |
| Definitions include: strictly following procedure. | |
| Definitions include: a lock-up in a local police station. | |
| Definitions include: manipulated accounting records. | |
| Definitions include: to change accounting records to hide fraud or other crimes. | |
| Definitions include: to not follow the script. | |
| Definitions include: to prepare for school. | |
| Definitions include: something extremely notable. | |
| Definitions include: a paper notebook passed between peers at a school, in which they write mean things about ("slam") classmates and others. | |
| Definitions include: to prosecute to the full extent of the law. | |
Other terms relating to 'close': | |
| Definitions include: in private. | |
| Definitions include: To steal from, rip off. | |
| Definitions include: to almost happen, but not. | |
| Definitions include: See barn door. | |
| Definitions include: guy who scores with lots of chicks | |
| Definitions include: to join together for a common cause. | |
| Definitions include: a person who stands uncomfortably close to others while talking. | |
| Definitions include: to get a woman into the sack after chatting them up in a social setting. | |
| Definitions include: secret or mostly secret. | |
| Definitions include: to "close" any location. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Closing Time Bitch". | |
Other terms relating to 'the': | |
| Definitions include: Walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: A good estimate, term of agreement | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: Inclusive | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
| Definitions include: extremely popular. | |
| Definitions include: taking a passive role. | |
| Definitions include: the bathroom. | |
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