"closed door" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Metaphor of an isolated room, behind doors that are closed. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} closed door (not comparable)
  1. Not open to participation by non-members or the public. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: behind closed doors, with closed doors, closed-door Translations (not open to participation by non-members or the public): zárt ajtós (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-closed_door-en-adj-~MrEBcFz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "2023 April 27, Jim Robbins, Mike Baker, Jacey Fortin, “A Transgender Lawmaker Is Exiled as Montana G.O.P. Flexes New Power”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "[…] a former Republican lawmaker who left the Legislature earlier this year after she clashed with party leaders over a series of proposed transgender bills and closed-door meetings, she said, devolved into yelling and name-calling.",
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not open to participation by non-members or the public",
          "word": "zárt ajtós"
        }
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      "sense": "not open to participation by non-members or the public",
      "word": "zárt ajtós"
    }
  ],
  "word": "closed door"
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