closed book
Example Sentences
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“As you know, I’m not normally a closed book on this stuff,” Sean told me.
From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2023
A "free hit" is how Mott described the je ne sais quoi that Stokes brings to the team, with his inclusion in England's XI a closed book as far as Foster is concerned.
From BBC • Oct. 2, 2022
When she was growing up, Xie said, stories about this era were a closed book.
From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2022
In his brilliant, dashed-off book U and I the novelist Nicholson Baker invented something called closed book examination.
From The Guardian • Apr. 26, 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
