āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
shut down
/ĘĘt daĘn/
to shut down
[phrase form: shut]
01
āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻļāĻžāĻ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to make something stop working
Transitive: to shut down a device or machine
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She had to shut down the noisy machine to hear the phone call.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻĢā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ˛ āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻšāĻ˛āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŽā§āĻļāĻŋāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ°āĻŽ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to close a business, factory, or organization, either temporarily or permanently
Transitive: to shut down a business or factory
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The manager decided to shut the store down due to declining sales.
āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻšā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to dismiss someone's ideas, proposals, or advances, often in a direct or abrupt manner
Transitive: to shut down an idea or proposal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The supervisor shut down the unauthorized project to maintain control.
āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻŦāĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ
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04
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž, āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to pass or overtake another vehicle, often quickly or decisively
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She shut down the other car in the last straightaway.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻž āĻĒāĻĨā§ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
