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shut down


1.  See close down, def. 1.
2.  Stop or switch off machinery, as in They shut down all the machines for one week a year. [Late 1800s]

 
 
WordNet: shut down
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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: cease to operate or cause to cease operating
  Synonyms: close, fold, close down

 
Wikipedia: Shut Down (song)
"Shut Down"
"Shut Down" cover
Single by The Beach Boys
from the album Surfin' USA
Released March 4, 1963
Format Vinyl
Recorded January 5, 1963
Genre Rock
Length 4 min 57 sec for both songs
Label Capitol Records
Producer Nik Venet
The Beach Boys singles chronology
"Ten Little Indians"/"County Fair"
(1962)		 "Surfin' USA"/"Shut Down"
(1963)		 "Surfer Girl"/"Little Deuce Coupe"
(1963)

"Shut Down" is a song written by Brian Wilson, Roger Christian and Mike Love for the American pop band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1963 album Surfin' USA and it was also released on their 1963 album Little Deuce Coupe. It was also released as the B-side of the "Surfin' USA" single. The single peaked at #3 in the U.S. and #34 in the U.K.

The song was originally credited to just Wilson and Christian. Mike Love's name was added as a result of a lawsuit filed by him against Wilson in the 1990s.

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A live version of "Shut Down" was released on Hawthorne, CA, and the song is also part of a live medley on Endless Harmony.

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