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3. To be extravagant. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] -To shut down, to stop working; become or be idle: as, the mill will shut down for the next two weeks. [Col. loq.] - To shut down on or upon, to put an end to; suppre ; stop. [Colloq.] He shut down upon his wrath, and pleaded with all the ingenuity he was master of. The Century, XXXVII. 885. shut To shut in, to settle down or around; fall: said of night, the close of day, or the like. This year, on the 26th of January, at the shutting in of the evening, there was a very great earthquake. N. Morton, New England's Memorial, p. 288. Usually after Supper, if the day was not shut in , I took a ramble about the Village, to see what was worth taking notice of. Dampier , Voyages, II. i. 90. To shut up. (at) To terminate; end. Actions begunne in glory shut up in shame.