closed door

English

Alternative forms

• closed-door

Etymology

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

Adjective

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.

Translations

not open to participation by non-members or the public

• Hungarian: zárt ajtós