closet (someone/oneself) with (someone)
closet (someone/oneself) with (someone)
To sequester someone or oneself with someone else in order to accomplish something. If we can just closet one party with the other, I think they will finally reach an agreement.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
closet someone with someone
to put someone into a private room with someone else for the purposes of conducting business. She closeted herself with the president and finally, once and for all, had her say.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- accompany (one) on a/(one's) journey
- accompany on a journey
- bargain
- bargain for (someone or something) with (someone)
- be out of (one's) league
- be out of somebody's league
- be/have done with somebody/something
- brief (someone) about (someone or something)
- brief about
- a dog in the manger