close the door on

Idioms  

1. 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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close the door on

Bonta didn’t entirely close the door on mediation, which had been ordered by the judge in the antitrust case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

The latest agreement does not close the door on AI, but it does introduce new protections.

From Barron's ● May 30, 2026

“We wanted to focus on that very recent, very tangible and particularly gross injustice, which doesn’t close the door on revisiting other commutations in prior eras and in prior administrations,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2025

Here on the ground in Tampa, though, it hasn’t been quite so easy to close the door on Milton.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2024

He’s smiling big and I almost don’t want to close the door on him.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi

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