closed out
Ended for good
Closed out means brought to a final end or conclusion.
In retail, items are closed out when they're sold off at reduced prices to clear inventory before discontinuation.
In finance, a position is closed out when the offsetting trade is made to exit an investment.
More generally, if you're closed out of something, you've been excluded or shut out from participation: We arrived late and were closed out of the session.
The phrase suggests finality—once something is closed out, there's no reopening it.
- concludedBrought to completion
- finalizeSettle decisively
- resolvedFirmly decided upon
- liquidatedConverted holdings to currency
- sold offDisposed of commercially
completed · terminated · finished · shut down · settled · ended · signed off · discontinued · markdown · final sale · end of season · shutout · ostracized · cleared · fulfilled · wrapped up · clinched · zeroed