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curtain falls

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the curtain falls (on something)
the end comes to something, esp. a job or activity. Brown managed to get a lot done before the curtain fell on his political career. This year rings down the curtain on more than 50 years of broadcasts.
Usage notes: also used in the phrase the final curtain falls: His admirers want to honor the singer before the final curtain falls on his career.
Etymology: from the large curtains above the stage in a theater that are brought down at the end of a performance
See also: curtain, fall
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He consents without a murmur, all join in a joyful chorus, and the curtain falls upon the lovers kneeling to receive Don Pedro's blessing in attitudes of the most romantic grace.
Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
The prisoner whom you there see pale, agitated, and alarmed, instead of -- as is the case when a curtain falls on a tragedy -- going home to sup peacefully with his family, and then retiring to rest, that he may recommence his mimic woes on the morrow, -- is removed from your sight merely to be reconducted to his prison and delivered up to the executioner.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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