curtains
An end or death.
Example
“He called curtains on his double decade cricket career on Tuesday.”
Other meanings
A ring of clear liquid, forming into drops, near the top of a glass of fortified wine; the result of differential evaporation of alcohol and subsequent changes in surface tension; an example of the .
Related words
- the curtain falls
Example sentences
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This definition is adapted from “curtains” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.