ring up the curtain

Example Sentences

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But even then we were accustomed to ring up the curtain, and so I look upon myself as a mere overture or prelude to the good thing, the word-painting, which will follow.

From Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O by Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett)

The world is waiting to ring up the curtain for your star part in life.

From Supreme Personality by Croft, Delmer Eugene

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

From T. Tembarom by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

"That's to ring up the curtain," said Mignon.

From Nine Little Goslings by Coolidge, Susan

Lay you a sovereign to a sixpence, Mr. Narkom, that I solve the riddle of that glass-room before they ring up the curtain of any theatre in London to-night.

From Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories by Hanshew, Thomas W.