Shut it down. Shutting down.

(Shutting up?)

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That depends on the direction of the opening. Shut up means basically the same thing as shut down, but the hinged part operates in the opposite direction.

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Yeah, just shut works for either. It’s less so redundancy and more specificity.

If you think about it, there’s only meaning with a frame of reference. Shutting up or shutting down could be nonsensical in the Void, as many things would be, I imagine.

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Shut the door, or close the window. Which came first, Doors or Windows?.. 🤔

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Depends. If a room just has a hole in the wall, is it still a doorway?

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Doors and corners kid

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And I think you shut up a mountain cabin.

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