as in to shut
to position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening
Macleod threatened to steek the door in my face if I ever said a word against the Scots again
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New President Donald Trump fired CFPB director Rohit Chopra and installed an acting director, Russell Vought, who ordered the agency to halt its work and shut its doors.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025 -
Even with the frenetic consolidation among the big U.S. department stores, the size of the U.S. market is staggeringly large compared with the U.K., where so many big chains have shut their brick-and-mortar stores, or become online-only operators.—
Samantha Conti,
WWD,
21 Feb. 2025
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The Washington Post reported the Trump administration plans to close more than 110 IRS taxpayer assistance centers.—
Howard Gleckman,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Under all three scenarios presented for the Paschal pyramid, De Zavala would close and its students would go to E.M. Daggett Elementary School, which is a short walk from Daggett Middle School.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Feb. 2025
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The Penguins were locked in a tight series against the pesky Ottawa Senators in the 2017 Eastern Conference finals.—
Josh Yohe,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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Users can progress through a full run of Monster Train 2 with them, though a lot of content that would be available in a regular playthrough will be locked.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Steek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steek. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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