opposite of \c?

[nepeta]

hello.

is there functionality that acts as the reverse of the \c sequence?
i'm trying to write macros that surround a block of text in quotes,
such

.q(
wow wow the text is quoted
.q)

becomes

'wow wow the text is quoted'

(pretend those are fancy quotes)

the opening macro is just
\oq\c
and it works fine, but i can't figure out how to inhibit the
space for the end quote inside the macro, so it ends up like

'wow wow the text is quoted '

is there an escape or a request that allows for this?

thanks,
népéta