close out

To finish an activity, event, or period by doing its final part.

• Let us close out the meeting.
• The team closed out the season with a win.
• She is closing out the project this week.

How to use it: close out something with something (They closed out the concert with a familiar song.)

Similar words: finish, complete, conclude

Opposites: begin

Common phrases: close out something, close out the season

To stop using a computer program and make it stop running.

• Close out the program first.
• She closed out of the app without saving.
• Have you closed out all the programs?

How to use it: close out of something (Save your changes before you close out of the program.)

Similar words: quit, exit, close

Opposites: open

Common phrases: close out something, close out completely

To pay the remaining money owed and finish dealing with a bill or account.

• We closed out the bill before leaving.
• She closed out the account by paying the remaining balance.
• Can you close out these outstanding invoices today?

How to use it: close out something (We paid the balance to close out the account.)

Similar words: settle, pay off

Common phrases: close out something, close out an account

To make a matching opposite trade so you no longer hold a particular investment position.

• He closed out his trading position.
• We bought matching contracts to close out our short position.
• The trader closed out all open positions before the holiday.

How to use it: close out a position (She closed out her position by selling the shares.)

Similar words: unwind, liquidate

Common phrases: close out something, close out positions

If a wave does this, its whole length falls over at once.

• That wave will close out.
• The waves closed out before we could ride them.
• Large swells often close out along this beach.

Common phrases: close out suddenly, close out completely

To prevent someone from entering or taking part by blocking every possible way.

• The club closed outsiders out.
• High fees closed poorer students out of the program.
• These exclusive contracts close new suppliers out of the market.

How to use it: close someone out of something (The rules closed small firms out of the market.)

Similar words: exclude, shut out

Opposites: include

Common phrases: close out someone, close someone out