behind closed doors

idiom

: in a private room or place : in private

All of their meetings are held behind closed doors.

They seemed like the perfect couple, but you never know what goes on behind closed doors.

The decisions are made behind closed doors.

Examples of behind closed doors in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Since Robinson’s arrest in September, the vast majority of his case has unfolded behind closed doors and away from the lenses of the press. —Stepheny Price , Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 12 Dec. 2025

Experian’s Peters predicted that the next few years will see a lot of those very questions hashed out in public even as conversations take place simultaneously behind closed doors in boardrooms and among senior compliance and strategy committees. —Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2025

Juror questioning initially closed to public Individual juror questioning was initially conducted behind closed doors, without much public or media access. —Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 11 Dec. 2025

The agreements with Saudi Arabia and the UAE were brokered in haste and behind closed doors. —Daniel Benaim, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for behind closed doors

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• encores
• explores
• ignores