steek

chiefly Scottish
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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  • In the book, Lee and Allerton get close to finding the ayahuasca, but that door is quickly shut.
    Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Yellowstone just aired its season 5B finale, which may have shut the barn door on that flagship series (though spinoffs are in the works).
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2024
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  • Crane has claimed the window will never close under his ownership tenure.
    Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
  • There was also plenty of high drama, like Rachel pausing and closing her eyes before standing on the wobbly platform for the last time.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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  • Advertisement Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) led a last-ditch attempt last week to lock in Democratic control of the board for the next two years, but the effort collapsed when the Senate failed to approve a second term for one of Biden’s nominees.
    Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The game also offers buildable terrain with hexes that lock together.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Steek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steek. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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