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Definition

In private; in one's private life; lacking (normal) public disclosure, in camera.

Without public spectators.

stored in a hidden place.

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In Context

  • "What you do with your girlfriend behind closed doors is none of my business."
  • "Miss Maudie shook her head. “If he’s not [crazy] he should be by now. The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets-”"
  • "A brilliant piece of undercover reporting revealed extraordinary details of how senior City executives behave behind closed doors."
  • "A major problem has been the making of bad decisions behind closed doors."
  • "Libya's opening home match in the World Cup qualifiers against Cameroon will be played at a neutral venue and behind closed doors, FIFA said on Friday. https://web.archive.org/web/20150611004158/http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/04/20/soccer-world-libya-idINDEE83J07G20120420"
  • "In other research, scientists have found that people who kept cereal out in the open were often about 20 pounds heavier than people who kept cereal behind closed doors."
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Also Said As

  • closed door
  • with closed doors