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Close of Play

Increasingly common on business bullshit bingo cards the English-speaking world over, 'close of play' is the latest way to say '5.30', presumably employed by people a) to make the working day seem more fun, by describing it as 'play' b) because they are cunts.

Presumably, like the equally execrable 'touch base', the expression originated in a shit American sport.
So where are we gonna be by close of play?

We're not playing. I'm working. You're talking like a prick.

Ok, I need to touch base with the client before close of play.

Oh right.
Close of Play by BobbyBarcode October 22, 2012

Close of Play

A term used by people in business. Maximum impact is gained by saying it whilst sitting on the edge of a desk with the top button undone and tie hanging loosely.
L: Are we closer to agreeing a deal? Ideally I'd like to start picking that low hanging fruit by close of play today. Otherwise I'll end up looking like a cunt.
J: You are already a cunt.
L: Feedback taken on board J. Let's touch base about this next week. Do you have a window on Tuesday?
J: I have a window every day of the fucking week. My office has two of them.
Close of Play by Toffeeslot November 17, 2015

close out 

To end a tab (i.e. drinks), to close out a credit/debit card, is to end the tab and obtain the check.
Would you like to close out your card?
close out by tylerdurden89 September 20, 2010

that was a close one 

is an english saying. If you are CLOSE to getting caught by someone or hit by something but you don't actually get hit or caught you say "that was a close one" so if someone threw a ball at you and it was about to hit you but it didn't and you dodged it you would then use the term "that was a close one"
that was a close one by Galuzzina September 20, 2016

Never Close Our Eyes 

to stay in the moment and stay open to all possibilities. and to have the power to create our reality.
adam lambert's song "Never Close Our Eyes"
Never Close Our Eyes by lina khlewi November 5, 2012

Close only counts in grenades 

A saying that pisses me off. It comes from the fact that you don’t need to directly hit something with a grenade to blow it up. If this saying is true then light blue is a completely different color, not just a shade.
1. I was so close to getting an A!
2. Close only counts in grenades.
1. You are an asshole and probably can’t do any better than me.
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