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Close tab is a command to shut a single browser window within a tabbed interface, removing that page from view without closing the entire browser.

The phrase has become shorthand for ending any discrete task or conversation: I'm closing that tab—we're not discussing it anymore.

Figuratively, to close a tab can mean settling up: Let me close my tab before we leave the bar.

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window · button · shutdown · navigate · chrome · bookmark · webpage · internet · dismiss · end · session · minimize · cursor · keyboard shortcut · panel · dock · quit · escape

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browser tab lifecycle action

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Additional browser window

open link

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close, tab, closed, closer, closest, closely, closeness, closing, closure

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G