closed shop

You may think this signals a closed shop, but remember who went on to win the Premier League that season...

In Newport, some of the closed shops still have the shutters down, but others appear to be back in business.

Leaving school at 16, he joined the Financial Times where, much to his annoyance, the operation of the closed shop forced him to join the print union, Natsopa.

The presidential election is effectively a closed shop; candidates must be nominated by at least 20 members of the Oireachtas, or national legislature, or by at least four of Ireland’s 31 elected local councils.

The government's proposed new football regulator would create a "closed shop" of top sides, West Ham United vice chair Karren Brady has warned.