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closed door en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not open to participation by non-members or the public.
    • The leaders held a closed door meeting to decide on a future course of action in the case.
    • […] 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. 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, →ISSN:

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closed-door alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

behind closed doors · with closed doors

Translations (1)

hu zárt ajtós (not open to participation by non-members or the public)