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[kloʊz sɜːrtʃ]
verb phrase
fechar a busca
1. To terminate or exit a search function or search interface in a digital application or website
Click the X button to close search and return to the main menu.
Clique no botão X para fechar a busca e voltar ao menu principal.
2. To end an active search query or investigation
The detective decided to close search on the missing person case.
O detetive decidiu encerrar a busca pelo caso da pessoa desaparecida.
Synonyms
end searchexit searchstop searchingterminate search
Antonyms
open searchstart searchbegin searching

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
fechar a busca
Most common usage in Brazil
Portugal
fechar a pesquisa
Portuguese preference for 'pesquisa' over 'busca'
General Brazilian
encerrar a busca
More formal alternative

Related Idioms & Phrases

call off the search
wrap up the search
abandon the search
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