ring up the curtain

Example Sentences

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She remembered perfectly the first sign he had given of it—it had been like the bell that was to ring up the curtain upon the real drama of their life.

From The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 by James, Henry

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

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

In that hope I withdraw and ring up the curtain.

From Back to Methuselah by Shaw, Bernard

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)

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

From T. Tembarom by Burnett, Frances Hodgson