behind closed doors
idiom
: in a private room or place : in private
All of their meetings are held behind closed doors.
They seemed like the perfect couple, but you never know what goes on behind closed doors.
The decisions are made behind closed doors.
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The board faces a lawsuit and criminal complaint concerning Open Meetings act violations because the plan to split was discussed behind closed doors during a Dec. 19 meeting.
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Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2025
Minutes after Szabo’s presentation, council members went behind closed doors to take a fresh look at the city’s contracts with a wide array of unionized public employees — police officers, firefighters, trash truck drivers, librarians, park maintenance workers and many others.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
All that lends the experience of watching Purpose with imprimatur of the real, an effect that’s both stately and impishly lurid: See what America’s Black elite are really like behind closed doors.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2025
Instead, a group of officials from the FDA, the CDC and the Defense Department met behind closed doors Thursday to make the decision without the committee’s input.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2025
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Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2025
Minutes after Szabo’s presentation, council members went behind closed doors to take a fresh look at the city’s contracts with a wide array of unionized public employees — police officers, firefighters, trash truck drivers, librarians, park maintenance workers and many others.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
All that lends the experience of watching Purpose with imprimatur of the real, an effect that’s both stately and impishly lurid: See what America’s Black elite are really like behind closed doors.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2025
Instead, a group of officials from the FDA, the CDC and the Defense Department met behind closed doors Thursday to make the decision without the committee’s input.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Behind closed doors.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/behind%20closed%20doors. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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