SMOKE-FILLED ROOM


Meaning of SMOKE-FILLED ROOM in English

(~s)

If you talk about a decision being made in a ~, you mean that it is made by a small group of people in a private meeting, rather than in a more democratic or open way.

...long discussions in ~s.

N-COUNT disapproval

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