close the door to something Definition

door
noun

1. A movable barrier opening and closing an entrance, eg to a room, cupboard or vehicle.
2. An entrance.

Thesaurus: doorway, entrance, exit, entry, opening, egress, ingress, portal.
3. A house considered in relation to others.

Example: three doors away
4. A means of entry; an opportunity to gain access. See also wicket door at wicket.

Example: opened the door to stardom

Idiom: close the door to something

To make it impossible.

Idiom: lay something at someone's door

To blame them for it.

Idiom: open the door to something

To make something possible.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon duru.