the curtain comes down on

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the curtain comes down on something also the curtain falls on something

if the curtain comes down on something, especially a period of time, it ends

Usage notes: In a theatre the large curtains above the stage are brought down at the end of a performance.

Last night, the curtain came down on 14 years of Tory rule.

See also: come, curtain

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