shut the door

Idioms  

1. see close the door.

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Example Sentences

But to firmly shut the door on Iran’s prospects for developing nuclear weapons, experts say, the 60% enriched uranium should be shipped out and potentially the 20% enriched uranium as well.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

"It's so rare to see a player shut the door on a major in the way Tiger Woods did," said BBC golf correspondent Iain Carter.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Blue Owl Capital, one of Wall Street’s biggest private-credit managers with more $300 billion in assets, permanently shut the door on investor withdrawals from one of its retail-focused funds and ended quarterly redemptions.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

After Shohei Ohtani’s led off the ninth with a single, the Cardinals’ JoJo Romero finally shut the door, getting Mookie Betts to pop out and striking out Freeman.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2025

I shut the door and bring the dish into the dining room.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish