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Originally Posted by ShimSham
I was wondering the same thing. Shutters sounds rather odd, and brings up images of windows in my mind.
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Originally Posted by peterwardgd
Sorry for going off topic but i've never seen the word shutters used that way before. Is it an american thing? You also use the word 'shuts' right? colour  me curious. |
In American English business-speak, to "shutter" [
see photos] or "wind up" a business is to shut it down.