the curtain comes down on (redirected from the curtain falls on)

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