closing time
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closing time
noun closing times
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The time when a public house or restaurant closes. Used to invite final drink orders.
Sometimes when you sit in a restaurant, still stuffing yourself half an hour after closing time, you feel that the tired waiter at your side must surely be despising you.
Opposite: opening time
- Used to suggest that a deadline for action is imminent. No. You're supposed to die for me. By the way, I did think of asking you to join my little scheme, but somehow I knew that 007's loyalty was always to the mission — never to his friend. Closing time, James. Last call.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see closing, time.
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noun time when a pub closes
| 中文 | 關閉時間 /关闭时间 guānbì shíjiān |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Ladenschluss, Sperrstunde, Polizeistunde |
| Română | oră de închidere |
| Русский | вре́мя закры́тия vrémja zakrýtija |
Talk about this word "closing time." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/closing%20time. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. closing time. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/closing%20time "closing time." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/closing%20time.Cite this
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title = {closing time},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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