Close
Close verb - To position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening.
Both words in one sentence
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Headhunters / Metal and Lace closed down in the Spring of 2014 after its owner apparently reverted back to the same poor management style that nearly caused him to close in the first place.
Source: Series / Bar Rescue - In the last arc of Runaways, Chase, having lost his beloved Old Lace, hits his moment of weakness and threatens to break every bone in Klara's body because she won't stop crying, and thus comes dangerously close to becoming an abuser like his old man.
Source: Moment of Weakness
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