ring up the curtain

Example Sentences

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"Shall I ring up the curtain?" he asked quietly.

From A Star for a Night A Story of Stage Life by Janis, Elsie

We have been waiting here a month now, and I hope you are going to ring up the curtain soon. 

From Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories by Merriman, Henry Seton

But proof's what it's best to have before you ring up the curtain.

From T. Tembarom by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

"It will cost about twenty thousand cold, before we ring up the curtain," explained Weldon, skillfully calculating with the aid of a pencil and a pad of paper.

From A Star for a Night A Story of Stage Life by Janis, Elsie

Truly, the gods must have created us for their amusement; and when Olympus palls, they ring up the curtain on some such screaming comedy as was that.

From The Deluge by Phillips, David Graham