What does draw to a close mean?

draw to a close

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.70 in modern English

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"As someone who had not previously gone in for fantasy or s/f, I surprised myself by regretting to see this quick-moving book draw to a close, and then was delighted to read on the publisher's promotional sheet that Silverglass is only "Number one in the Corson and Nyctasia series."."

draws to a close (present, singular) drawing to a close (participle, present) drew to a close (past) drawn to a close (participle, past)

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