close the book on
End the matter
To close the book on something is to consider it finished, resolved, or no longer worth discussing.
The phrase suggests finality—shutting a chapter that won't be reopened: Police closed the book on the case after the suspect's death.
It often implies acceptance that nothing more can be done: It's time to close the book on that relationship and move on.
Settle decisively
- settleReach final terms
- resolveFirmness of purpose
- completeLacking nothing, fully done
- finishBring to completion
wrap up · seal · clinch · put to rest · determine · decide · confirm · establish
- walk away fromVoluntarily leave a situation
- leave behindDepart without taking
- wash hands ofRenounce involvement or responsibility
- write offCancel as unrecoverable
give up on · forget about · shelve · discard · release · relinquish · drop
Final portion of something
- final chapterLast section of book
- last wordConcluding remark in debate
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- denouementStory's final unraveling
epilogue · swan song · curtain call · period · full stop · no turning back · done deal · end of story
finalize
Settle decisively
finish · wrap up · seal · clinch · put to rest · determine · decide · confirm · establish · achieve
let go of
- walk away fromVoluntarily leave a situation
- leave behindDepart without taking
- wash hands ofRenounce involvement or responsibility
give up on · write off · forget about · shelve · discard · release · relinquish · drop
ending
Final portion of something
- final chapterLast section of book
- last wordConcluding remark in debate
- conclusionEnd or deduction
denouement · epilogue · swan song · curtain call · period · full stop · no turning back · done deal · end of story · over and done with