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behind closed doors

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behind closed doors
if something is done behind closed doors, it is done in private. The United Nations Security Council met behind closed doors in New York.
See also: behind, closed, door


behind closed doors
privately or secretly. The serious meetings took place behind closed doors and not during social events. Politicians still decide on candidates behind closed doors.
See also: behind, closed, door

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The guests followed her in and took their places, leaving the central aisle from The Hall of Chiefs to the throne clear, for up this O-Tar would approach his bride alone after a short solitary communion with the dead behind closed doors in The Hall of Chiefs.
 
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