closed-door

[klohzd-dawr, -dohr]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

held in strict privacy; not open to the press or the public.
a closed-door strategy meeting of banking executives.

closed-door

adjective

private; barred to members of the public
a closed-door meeting

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Word History and Origins

Origin of closed-door¹

First recorded in 1930–35

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Idioms and Phrases

An obstacle or restriction, as in There are no closed doors in the new field of gene therapy . [First half of 1900s]

close one's doors . See close down . Also see behind closed doors ; close the door .

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She said she mentioned the practice periodically in closed-door meetings with congressional staffers, but she did not provide specifics about those conversations.

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Senate Republicans said that they discussed the issue during a closed-door meeting and that it also came up with Trump when Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee met with him Wednesday.

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Speaker Mike Johnson, meanwhile, reportedly spent time pushing back on Musk's criticism of the bill in a closed-door meeting with Republicans.

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The course correction seemed to begin with the closed-door meeting between Sir Keir and Chinese President Xi in Brazil last November.

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In April, prominent Chinese businesswoman Dong Mingzhu told shareholders in a closed-door meeting that her company, home appliance maker Gree Electric, will "never" recruit Chinese people educated overseas "because among them are spies".

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