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
The world is waiting to ring up the curtain for your star part in life.
From Supreme Personality by Croft, Delmer Eugene
"Shall I ring up the curtain?" he asked quietly.
From A Star for a Night A Story of Stage Life by Janis, Elsie
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)
"That's to ring up the curtain," said Mignon.
From Nine Little Goslings by Coolidge, Susan
