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Also, shut the door on. End or exclude from consideration, discussion, or action. For example, His lack of qualifications closed the door on further promotions, or Last quarter's poor sales figures have shut the door on any expansion plans.

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Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
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France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
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Hopefully not overly close, but we talk about it in the episode how similar it is.
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The two strengthened ties over the years and now Krauss considers Epstein a “close” and “considerate” friend.
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Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
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Before Ripperda could unclasp his lips to reply, the stranger had opened the door, and passed through it like a gliding shadow.
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She looked so sweet when she said it, standing and smiling there in the middle of the floor, the door-way making a frame for her.
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She walked away toward another door, which was masked with a curtain that she lifted.
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Squinty could look out, but the slats were as close together as those in a chicken coop, and the little pig could not get out.
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On the upper part of the stem the whorls are very close together, but they are more widely separated at the lower portion.
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