Meanings
alternative closed-door
- not comparableNot 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.
1 more example
[…] 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, →ISSNSynonyms: behind closed doors, with closed doors
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot open to participation by non-members or the public.
Origin
Metaphor of an isolated room, behind doors that are closed.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Hungarian zárt ajtós
- zárt ajtósnot open to participation by non-members or the public
Cite this entry
closed door. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/closed%20door
“closed door.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/closed%20door. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “closed door,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/closed%20door.
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