shut down

Meaning

1. Oxford45% of films

   to stop a factory, shop / store, etc. from opening for business; to stop a machine from working

2. Oxford40% of films

   to stop opening for business; to stop working

   [grunts]

3. Editorial5% of films

   (of a person) to become temporarily unresponsive, withdrawn, or unconscious

In the movies · 51

• [grunts]Bird Box2018
• In two days, the game is gonna shut down. For good.Free Guy2021
• Before I shut down, I need you to promise me one thing.The Wild Robot2024
• Agena control system shut down.First Man2018
• We should shut down.Blackfish2013
• We're shut down.Bad Boys for Life2020
• It was shut down. Shelved.Moonfall2022
• Then it was shut down.We Bought a Zoo2011

Learn it in full scenes

• Free Guy2021
  • Guy's Morning in Free City
  • Guy Orders a Cappuccino
  • Blue Shirt Guy Breaks the Rules
• The Wild Robot2024
  • Roz Boots Up on the Island
  • Roz Becomes an Accidental Mother
  • Fink Teaches the Gosling

From the same entry

• shut your mouth
• shut up shop
• close the door on
• shut the door in face
• shut your ears to
• shut your eyes to
• with your eyes shut
• keep your mouth shut
• shut away
• shut yourself away
• shut in
• shut in

More phrasal verbs

• occur to
• hang around
• pay off
• throw up
• fall for
• eat out
• break out
• run into
• log in
• breathe out
• drop by
• look into