as in closed
to position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening
Macleod threatened to steek the door in my face if I ever said a word against the Scots again
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The younger woman enters first and lies down on a towel, legs stretched long, hands by her sides, eyes shut.—
Weike Wang,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025 -
Brzezinski felt a personal sting of betrayal after the Yalta conference in 1945, when the Iron Curtain drew shut across Europe—with Poland on the other side.—
Niall Ferguson,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Steeked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steeked. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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