close the book on

Meaning

1. close the book on sth

   to stop doing sth because you no longer believe you will be successful or will find a solution

   The police have closed the book on the case (= they have stopped trying to solve it).

In the movies · 3

• close the fucking book, because we're losing.American History X1998
• Let's just close the book.The Bad Seed1956
• And then she close her book and walks out of the house, and suddenly -The Crucible2014

Learn it in full scenes

• American History X1998
  • Sweeney Makes Danny a Deal
  • Derek Vinyard's TV Interview
  • The Basketball Court Bet
• The Crucible2014
  • Parris Demands the Truth From Abigail
  • Ann Putnam Cries Witchcraft
  • Abigail Threatens the Girls

From the same entry

• close its doors
• close your mind to
• close ranks
• close the door on
• shut your ears to
• shut your eyes to
• with your eyes shut
• close down
• close in
• close in
• close off
• close out