ring up the curtain

Example Sentences

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But proof's what it's best to have before you ring up the curtain.

From T. Tembarom by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

We have been waiting here a month now, and I hope you are going to ring up the curtain soon. 

From Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories by Merriman, Henry Seton

But not to detain you longer on the threshold, I will ring up the curtain, and travel with you in this varied journey.

From Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 35, November 26, 1870 by Various

But even then we were accustomed to ring up the curtain, and so I look upon myself as a mere overture or prelude to the good thing, the word-painting, which will follow.

From Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O by Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett)

"Shall I ring up the curtain?" he asked quietly.

From A Star for a Night A Story of Stage Life by Janis, Elsie