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"close the book on" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to express the idea of ending something definitively, literally or figuratively. For example: "Let's close the book on this incident and move on".
Idiom
Close the book.
If you close the book on something, you end it completely.
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Yet while we helped close the book on one ugly chapter of our nation's history, we left unfinished another.
With the agreement, prosecutors say they will close the book on one of the most bizarre and unsettling stories in modern medicine.
Feller and Hauchard have repeatedly denied the accusations and have said they are looking into ways to reverse the ruling, which seems to close the book on one of the most notorious cases in the game's history.
But not a single one of them is ready to close the book on living.
Their responses Tuesday did not necessarily close the book on the anchoring issue.
The new findings hardly close the book on how memories are formed and consolidated during sleep.
Isn't it better to close the book on those deadly years?
For more information on the proposed cuts, visit Don't Close the Book on Libraries.
Yet there seems to be a point when fiction readers close the book on fiction.
"Once planes are equipped with inerting technology, we can close the book on fuel tank explosions.
The Paris deal shows that the world wants to close the book on fossil fuels.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
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