set the ending to a concerned issue
to cease trading or doing business
to make no new entries
to put an end to something
usually used in expressing sadness of something being over
The accountant closed the books and that was the end of your 40 year old favourite sweet shop.
The lawyer closed the books of this case. There is no one remaining to be investigated.
I do not like the idea of closing the books without meeting with the concerned head of the department and finding out why the payment cannot be made.
My father closed the books when his father passed away and never went back to doing the same business.
You cannot close the books as you please, the law of the land means something and you will get caught eventually.
It’s time to close the books on the library theft of Oxford University in year 1956.
There is no origin for this idiom
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