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idiomclose the book on sth1 to accept that a difficult or unpleasant situation is over, and to stop thinking or worrying about it:We are closing the book on the painful past, and looking to the future.I hope that my resignation will close the book on a very unfortunate chapter of our state's history. 2 to stop working on something, especially a legal case, because you have done all that you need to do or all that you can do:We hope that this report closes the book on the investigation.It's time to close the book on the Merton case.
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