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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shut, the, door."
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"ref": "1907, Mark Twain, Christian Science, Appendix A",
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"ref": "1910, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, chapter 46, in What's Wrong With The World",
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"ref": "1983, Anthony C. Yu, Journey to the West, Volume 2, page 140",
"text": "Let's shut the door on conflict.",
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"ref": "2006 April 30, Karen Tumulty, “Al Gore”, in Time",
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"ref": "2008 September 2, Rusty Miller, “Tressel reassures Buckeyes fans on Wells”, in USA Today, retrieved 2011-06-27",
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