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curtain noun used in conjunction with a precedent noun, indicating isolation, hostility, aggression and/or danger US, 1955
idiomcurtainthe curtain falls onused in order to say that an activity or event ends, often before you expect it to ◆ often used in newspapers:Too many public figures have seen the curtain fall on their careers because of gossip that is reported as news.The curtain has finally fallen for America's longest-running TV sitcom. a curtain raiser BrEBrEstart sth/make sth start the first thing that is talked about at a meeting, or the first thing that happens at an event, that helps to introduce what is going to be discussed or to happen:Divertimentos specially composed by five young British composers were played as curtain raisers for last year's Mozart Festival.The game at Kingsholm was a promising curtain raiser in the Rugby World Sevens. phrasecurtain[curtained, curtained, curtaining]
curtain off
curtain off sth • curtain sth off usually passive to put a curtain around a particular area in a room in order to separate it from the rest and make it more private: The bed next to mine was curtained off.■ SIMILAR TO: screen off
See:- an iron curtain
- Bamboo Curtain
- be curtains
- be curtains for (someone or something)
- be curtains for someone/something
- bring down the curtain
- bring down the curtain (on something)
- bring down the curtain on
- bring the curtain down on something
- bring/ring down the curtain
- curtain lecture
- curtain lectures
- curtain off
- curtain raiser
- curtains
- curtains for
- curtains for (someone or something)
- curtains for, be.
- draw the curtain
- draw the curtain on (something)
- draw the curtain over (something)
- iron curtain
- it's curtains
- lift the curtain (on something)
- raise the curtain
- raise the curtain (on something)
- ring down the curtain
- ring down the curtain (on something)
- ring down the curtain (on), to
- ring down the curtain on
- ring the curtain down
- ring the curtain down (on something)
- ring the curtain up
- ring the curtain up (on something)
- ring up the curtain
- ring up the curtain (on something)
- the bamboo curtain
- the curtain comes down on (something)
- the curtain comes down on something
- the curtain falls
- the curtain falls on (something)
- the final curtain
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