chiudere i battenti

== Italian == === Etymology === Literally, “to close the shutters”. === Verb === chiùdere i battenti (first-person singular present chiùdo i battenti, first-person singular past historic chiùsi i battenti, past participle chiùso i battenti, auxiliary avére) (intransitive, idiomatic) to cease one's activities; to close the doors (of); to close up shop, to close down [with di ‘an enterprise, office, etc.’]