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close the books on

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close the books on someone or something
Fig. to declare that a matter concerning someone or something is finished. (The books here originally referred to financial accounting records.) It's time to close the books on Fred. He's had enough time to apologize to us.
See also: book, close


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But the trial has faced a series of complications that have alternately astonished and outraged a community trying to close the books on the shootings that turned Fulton County's seat of justice into a crime scene.
Boushell wrote, "As we prepare to close the books on FY08, I am directing that any spending for the remainder of this fiscal year be approved by my office.
With Barack Obama we will close the books on the old politics of race against race gender against gender.
 
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