closed-door
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5.3
- adjective
- /kloʊzd dɔr/
:
a puerta cerrada
- Petraeus is set to testify next week at a closed-door session on Capitol Hill about Benghazi.
So, But yeah, so they use speeches and words to mobilize versus direct action in closed door environments, initiating wars, for example, Correct.
- So, But yeah, so they use speeches and words to mobilize versus direct action in closed door environments, initiating wars, for example, Correct.
- On the other side, the main side when you see the traffic coming towards you, the side of the road I was on corrupt police hearing behind closed doors.
- Because if he can't even put it on just a little bit, just for me, The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, gosh, what is he like behind closed doors?
- This is taking place behind closed doors, but it's something that really, I think, affects all the other levels of and layers of crises within the country.
- They may only berate you behind closed doors when other people can't hear or see it.
- Like what you talk about is the same person as who you are behind closed doors.
- And it seems so saintly to the world, but it's what happens behind closed doors.
- Because there's a lot of people, I think, who have of quite large audiences on the right who emulate what Tate says, but behind closed doors.
- We should be celebrating people who are reporting crimes, whether it's drunk driver, a bank robber, or violence behind closed doors.
- A key question to ask about the Chinese system is behind closed doors, let's say in a Politburo meeting, Do people have a real conversation?
- So, you know, the best meetings happen behind closed doors because you're just fuelling the fire.
- So it's the, you know, we don't know all the details about the fight, you know, behind closed doors like Churchill described, you know, the Bulldogs under the Croman's carpet.
Examples
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Federal Reserve policymakers will discuss paying interest on bank reserves in a closed-door meeting on Wednesday.
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Companies like AT&T, Verizon, and Google would like to resolve this issue by creating policies in closed-door meetings with regulators.
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First, like you said, I think these things have been going on behind closed doors for decades.
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I recently ran an exclusive closed door event for my closest clients.
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Meeting behind closed doors to resolve the fiscal cliff.
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Romney offers policy details at a closed-door fundraiser.
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Senate Democrats have spent nearly every day of the post-election session in multihour, closed-door strategy meetings.
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The committee held a closed-door meeting to discuss sensitive issues without public scrutiny.
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During the closed-door session, the leaders talked about their strategies away from media attention.
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The negotiations were conducted during a closed-door event, allowing for more candid discussions.
Synonyms
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1.8
For one person or group only and not open to others
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5.3
Not shared with others because it should be secret
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1.3
Not open to the public and limited to certain people
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7.5
People keep it secret from most others to avoid being noticed
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7.2
Kept secret from the public, often about meetings or plans
Not told to others until a set time or event
How Open
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Closed-door comes from the simple picture of a real closed 'shut' door that keeps people out. So a closed-door meeting is held privately or in secret, not open to the public.