ring up the curtain
Example Sentences
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In that hope I withdraw and ring up the curtain.
From Back to Methuselah by Shaw, Bernard
Lay you a sovereign to a sixpence, Mr. Narkom, that I solve the riddle of that glass-room before they ring up the curtain of any theatre in London to-night.
From Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories by Hanshew, Thomas W.
"It will cost about twenty thousand cold, before we ring up the curtain," explained Weldon, skillfully calculating with the aid of a pencil and a pad of paper.
From A Star for a Night A Story of Stage Life by Janis, Elsie
"That's to ring up the curtain," said Mignon.
From Nine Little Goslings by Coolidge, Susan
Truly, the gods must have created us for their amusement; and when Olympus palls, they ring up the curtain on some such screaming comedy as was that.
From The Deluge by Phillips, David Graham
