English-French translations for close up

• de près
  Les visiteurs ont pu examiner de près le travail du Parlement et en apprendre davantage sur notre travail quotidien. Visitors were able to see the work of Parliament close up and learn about our everyday work.
  Nous avons eu l'occasion d'observer de près à quoi correspond cette forme particulière de démocratie. We have had the opportunity to observe close up what this special form of democracy is all about.

Definition of close up

• To move people closer together
• To shut a building or a business for a period of time
• To heal a cut or other wound

Examples

• The crowd closed up and I couldnt get through to the train.
• We finally managed to close up the shop for the night at about 10 oclock.
• The car factory has closed up for the August holidays.
• With stitches, the cut should close up in a week to ten days.

Related words

• close up shop
• close-up
• closeup
• close-up view
• closed user group
• big close-up
• extreme close-up