close the door on

Example Sentences

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Kalybriah said she wouldn’t close the door on a future with Edmond, so have they given their relationship another shot since filming wrapped?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

“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

ECB board member Isabel Schnabel said on Thursday the "last mile" of disinflation may be the toughest, and the central bank cannot yet close the door on further rate rises.

From Reuters • Nov. 3, 2023

“Wait,” I say, before she can close the door on me.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks