closed door

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Metaphor of an isolated room, behind doors that are closed.

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closed door (not comparable)

  1. Not open to participation by non-members or the public.
    Synonyms: behind closed doors, with closed doors
    The leaders held a closed door meeting to decide on a future course of action in the case.
    • 2023 April 27, Jim Robbins, Mike Baker, Jacey Fortin, “A Transgender Lawmaker Is Exiled as Montana G.O.P. Flexes New Power”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      [] a former Republican lawmaker who left the Legislature earlier this year after she clashed with party leaders over a series of proposed transgender bills and closed-door meetings, she said, devolved into yelling and name-calling.

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