close the door
Swing it shut
Close the door means to shut an open door, moving it into its frame.
The phrase often functions as a command or request: Close the door behind you.
Figuratively, to close the door on something is to end it or eliminate a possibility: The scandal closed the door on his political career.
She closed the door on further negotiations.
- shutTo close firmly
- slamForceful impact or closure
- latchDoor-securing catch
- lockMechanism requiring a key
- lock upSecure or imprison
slam shut · bolt · swing · handle · knob · threshold · entrance · exit · barrier · privacy · click · creak · hinge · frame · wooden · screen · push · pull
- constructionconstruction site, building site, hammer, building, beam
door position action
close the dooropen the door
Allow passage through
leave the door open · open doors · open wide · pave the way · roll out the red carpet
close, door, closed, closer, closest, closely, closeness, closing, closure