close the door on

Example Sentences

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“We wanted to focus on that very recent, very tangible and particularly gross injustice, which doesn’t close the door on revisiting other commutations in prior eras and in prior administrations,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

Felix, which could be decided any day, may close the door on the postmortem reckoning, leaving the Constitution as a distant echo.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2025

"Missing people are somebody's loved ones, they're somebody's family, and we don't close the door on that."

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2024

Roberts didn’t completely close the door on Betts playing occasionally in right field.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2023

They hurried to close the door on the real Mafalda; Harry and Ron threw the Invisibility Cloak over themselves but Hermione remained in view, waiting.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling