close the door to (one)
close the door to (one)
To make something impossible for or inaccessible to one. The committee has officially closed the door to us because of our involvement in the scandal. The government's new regulations close the door to thousands of citizens seeking financial aid.
See also: close, door
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- close the door to (something)
- ends of the earth, (from) the
- ends of the earth, the
- the ends of the earth
- to the ends of the earth
- incorporate
- incorporate (someone or something) in(to) (something)
- incorporate in
- for the record
- the back of beyond