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.
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The comments were full of playful quips imagining what the pups might get up to behind closed doors.
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
California’s map was drawn behind closed doors by redistricting consultant Paul Mitchell, with input from state and federal Democratic lawmakers.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
But other people who have spoken to him have been open about his conversations behind closed doors.
—Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
Anyone living in one of the dozens of surrounding villages, such as Nazareth, who was not rounded up must have cowered in fear behind closed doors or hidden in the various underground cisterns and hewn chambers beneath the ancient houses and courtyards of the Jewish villages.
—Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
California’s map was drawn behind closed doors by redistricting consultant Paul Mitchell, with input from state and federal Democratic lawmakers.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
But other people who have spoken to him have been open about his conversations behind closed doors.
—Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
Anyone living in one of the dozens of surrounding villages, such as Nazareth, who was not rounded up must have cowered in fear behind closed doors or hidden in the various underground cisterns and hewn chambers beneath the ancient houses and courtyards of the Jewish villages.
—Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Behind closed doors.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/behind%20closed%20doors. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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