behind closed doors
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behind closed doors
In secret. You can't tell anyone what happens behind closed doors here—it's classified information. What I do behind closed doors is none of your business! Sure, they seem happy together, but who knows what happens behind closed doors.
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behind closed doors
in secret; away from observers, reporters, or intruders, usually in a closed room. They held the meeting behind closed doors, as the law allowed. Every important issue was decided behind closed doors.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
behind closed doors
In secret, privately. For example, The nominating committee always meets behind closed doors, lest its deliberations become known prematurely . Also see behind the scenes.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
behind closed doors
JOURNALISMCOMMON If something is done behind closed doors, it is done in private. The summer I was fourteen and Rita was twelve, our parents started having long talks behind closed doors. Many decisions were taken in secret behind closed doors. Note: Behind-closed-doors can be used before a noun. The three organizations have been discussing the idea in a series of behind-closed-doors meetings.
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012
behind closed doors
(of an action) done in a secretive or furtive way; hidden from public view.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
beˌhind closed ˈdoors
in private; without the public being allowed to attend: Journalists protested that the trial was being held behind closed doors.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017