be closeted with
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What she was working for was time—time for her father to come, time to be closeted with St. Vincent and learn all the details of what really had occurred.
From A Daughter of the Snows by Jack London
Some of them never came again, but others would return in the afternoon and be closeted with him for hours.
From A Romantic Young Lady by Robert Grant
Or, again, Mr. Balfour may be closeted with Professor Vardon, Doctor Ray or Vice-Chancellor Mitchell at the very moment when the Nicaraguan envoy is clamouring at the door.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 8, 1920 by Sir Owen Seaman
Merton had engaged a withdrawing room, where he meant to be closeted with his guests, one by one, administer the oath, and prosecute delicate inquiries on the important question of immunity from infection.
From The Disentanglers by Andrew Lang
Are you to be closeted with them, and sup with them, and sit with them, while I eat my heart out outside?
From The Red Cockade by Stanley John Weyman
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