Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

squeezing shut any opening

English answer:

closing off any opening/gap/chink or defect/flaw

Added to glossary by Yvonne Gallagher
May 26, 2015 06:41
9 yrs ago
English term

squeezing shut any opening

English Art/Literary General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
They make it well known that their complex work affords little time for toleration of one of the lower orders,say a quiet blackjack player looking for a change of pace.Should he be bold enough to penetrate the gauntlet of bodies,constantly squeezing shut any opening or flaw in its arrangement,he will be justifiably terrorized at the table.
Change log

Jun 9, 2015 08:08: Yvonne Gallagher Created KOG entry

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (1): Charlesp

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Responses

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11 mins
Selected

closing off any opening/gap/chink or defect/flaw

there is a "gauntlet of bodies"/a ring of people surrounding the table with no gaps or openings. constanlty rearranging itself to make sure no openings occur.
So, it would be extremely hard for anyone else to squeeze in (to get close to the action/table)

"its arrangements"=how they are organised encircling the table to make it hard for anyone else to get through

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Note added at 12 mins (2015-05-26 06:53:31 GMT)
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Jack has given a similar anwer while I was writng this...
Peer comment(s):

agree B D Finch : Your answer makes the intentionality clear, so you get my vote.
1 hr
Many thanks:-)
agree Jean-Claude Gouin
18 hrs
Merci bien:-)
agree Phong Le
13 days
Many thanks:-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
8 mins

any gap for anyone to get through

There were too many people round the table for him to get through, constantly shuffling around, and if a gap opened up, it closed again before he could make use of it.
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