close the door on

Meaning

1. close / shut the door on sth

   to make it unlikely that sth will happen

   She was careful not to close the door on the possibility of further talks.

In the movies · 3

• Close the door on your way out.Breach2007
• Close the door on your way out.Hamilton2020
• Close the door on me Nathaniel If you ll allow meEnchanted2007
• Close the door.Spider-Man: Far From Home2019
• Close the door.The Boys in the Boat2023
• Close the door.The Place Beyond the Pines2013
• Close the door.The Incredibles2004
• - -Close the door! Close the door!Transformers: Age of Extinction2014

Learn it in full scenes

• Breach2007
  • Eric Is Assigned to Watch Hanssen
  • Kate Recruits Eric to Spy on Hanssen
  • Hanssen Interrogates His New Assistant

From the same entry

• be on the door
• door to door
• the door to
• lay at door
• leave the door open
• out of doors
• shut the door in face
• to door
• by the back door
• close, the barn door after the horse has escaped
• beat a path to door
• close its doors