close with,
and close in with,
“to come to an agreement with, to comply with, to unite
with”
(Johnson's Dict.
), to fall in with:
“make thee wrong this virtuous gentlewoman to close with us,”
2 HENRY IV., ii. 4. 315
;
“to close In terms of friendship with thine enemies,”
JULIUS CAESAR, iii. 1. 203
;
“He closes with you in this consequence,”
HAMLET, ii. 1. 45
;
“He closes with you thus,”
HAMLET, ii. 1. 55
;
“This closing with him fits his lunacy,”
TITUS ANDRONICUS, v. 2. 70.