closed book
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Given founding members of the competition could not be 'relegated' from it, critics argued the tournament was a closed book for Europe's elite teams.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2025
“As you know, I’m not normally a closed book on this stuff,” Sean told me.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2023
The closed book history of that World Cup quarter-final, an event most people will have watched once, 34 years ago, states that the game was pretty much even.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 26, 2020
In a way, it was a good ending, in the fact that it wasn’t completely definitive or a closed book.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2020
He did want, however, to see the evidence from King’s before he considered the matter a closed book.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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