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.
See also:
  • 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