CLOSE / SHUT THE DOOR ON STH

Meaning of CLOSE / SHUT THE DOOR ON STH in English

to make it unlikely that sth will happen :

She was careful not to close the door on the possibility of further talks.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHUT — I. ˈshə]t, dial ˈshe]; usu ]d.+V verb ( shut ; shut ; shutting ; shuts ) Etymology: Middle English shutten, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLOSE — I. ˈklōz verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English closen, from Old French clos-, stem of clore, from Latin claudere …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation south
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOOR — ˈdō(ə)r, -ȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English dor, from Old English, door, gate & Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHUT — /shut/ , v. , shut, shutting , adj. , n. v.t. 1. to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOOR — — doorless , adj. /dawr, dohr/ , n. 1. a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLOSE — — closable, closeable /kloh"zeuh beuhl/ , adj. — closely /klohs"lee/ , adv. — closeness /klohs"nis/ , n. v. /klohz/ ; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHUT — I. ˈshət verb ( shut ; shut·ting ) Etymology: Middle English shetten, shutten, from Old English scyttan; akin to Middle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLOSE — I. ˈklōz verb ( closed ; clos·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French clos-, stem of clore, from Latin claudere …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHUT — noun a door or cover; a shutter. 2. shut ·impf & ·p.p. of shut. 3. shut ·adj closed or fastened; …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SHUT — [shut] vb shut ; shut.ting [ME shutten, fr. OE scyttan; akin to MD schutten to shut in, OE sceotan to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLOSE — [close] vb closed ; clos.ing [ME, fr. OF clos-, stem of clore, fr. L claudere to shut, close; perh. akin …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOOR — barrier of wood, stone, metal, glass, paper, leaves, hides, or a combination of materials, installed to swing, fold, slide, or …
Britannica English vocabulary
CLOSE — I . / kləʊz; NAmE kloʊz/ verb , noun —see also close (II) ■ verb WINDOW / DOOR, etc. 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHUT — / ʃʌt; NAmE / verb , adjective ■ verb ( shut·ting , shut , shut ) 1. to make sth …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOOR — / dɔː(r); NAmE / noun 1. a piece of wood, glass, etc. that is opened and closed so that people …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHUT — v. (shutting; past and past part. shut) 1 tr. a move (a door, window, lid, lips, etc.) into position so …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOOR — n. 1 a a hinged, sliding, or revolving barrier for closing and opening an entrance to a building, room, cupboard, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CLOSE — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 (often foll. by to) situated at only a short distance or interval. 2 a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHUT — v. (shutting; past and past part. shut) 1 tr. a move (a door, window, lid, lips, etc.) into position so …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOOR — n. 1 a a hinged, sliding, or revolving barrier for closing and opening an entrance to a building, room, cupboard, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLOSE — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 (often foll. by to) situated at only a short distance or interval. 2 a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHUT — v. (shutting; past and past part. shut) 1. tr. a move (a door, window, lid, lips, etc.) into position so …
Oxford English vocab
DOOR — n.1 a a hinged, sliding, or revolving barrier for closing and opening an entrance to a building, room, cupboard, etc. …
Oxford English vocab
CLOSE — 1. adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1. (often foll. by to) situated at only a short distance or interval. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
CLOSE — I. SHUTTING OR COMPLETING /kloʊz/ ( closes, closing, closed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHUT — ( shuts, shutting) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Note: The form 'shut' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOOR — ( doors) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A door is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHUT — (~s, ~ting) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Note: The form '~' is …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOOR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOOR — [noun] [C] - a flat, usually rectangular, object, often fixed at one edge, that is used to close the entrance …
Cambridge English vocab
SHUT — Synonyms and related words : ban, bang, bar, barricade, batten, batten down, blank, blind, blind-alley, block out, bolt, bolted, bottle …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOOR — See: AT DEATH'S DOOR, AT ONE'S DOOR, CLOSED-DOOR, CLOSE ITS DOORS, CLOSE THE DOOR or BAR THE DOOR or SHUT …
Slang English vocab
SHUT — adj. open and shut shut eye shut in shut mouthed shut off shut out shut up
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CLOSE — I. close verb 1. to fill an opening with an appropriate closure be sure to close the gate Synonyms: ||put …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHUT — See ↑ SHUT 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ close/shut • ↑ push/kick/slide etc sth shut • ↑ slide/blow/swing etc shut
Longman Activator English vocab
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Longman Activator English vocab
CLOSE — See ↑ CAREFUL 5, ↑ COMPUTERS/INTERNET/EMAIL 4, ↑ END 1, ↑ LOVE 3, ↑ NEAR 1, ↑ RELATIONSHIP 2, ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
SHUT — adj. 25B6; verb please shut the door : CLOSE, pull/push to, slam, fasten; put the lid on, bar, lock, secure. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CLOSE — n. 25B6; adjective the town is close to Leeds : NEAR, adjacent; in the vicinity of, in the neighbourhood of, …
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SHUT — v. 1 close, fasten, secure, shut up; lock, bolt, seal Come in and shut the door 2 shut down. close …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CLOSE — v. 1 shut, close up, seal; close off, lock, padlock, secure, fasten I closed my eyes Please close the door …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DOOR — See: AT DEATH'S DOOR, AT ONE'S DOOR, CLOSED-DOOR, CLOSE ITS DOORS, CLOSE THE DOOR or BAR THE DOOR or SHUT …
Словарь английских идиом
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHUT — 1. гл. 1) закрывать(ся), запирать(ся), затворять(ся) 2) закрывать, складывать ∙ shut away shut down shut in shut off shut out …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ON — 1. предл. 1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOOR — сущ. 1) а) дверь; дверца; дверной проем to answer the door ≈ открыть дверь (на стук или звонок) to shut …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CLOSE — I 1. сущ. 1) а) огороженное место б) брит. огороженное поле (в центральных районах Англии) в) (Close) название школьной площадки …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHUT — shut.ogg 1. ʃʌt n 1. спец. 1> дверь, дверца 2> крышка 2. поэт. конец дня; сумерки 3. спай, место сварки …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ON — on.ogg 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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