barn door
Example Sentences
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“The backstop becomes more important when the barn door is open,” said Matt Gardner, a senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a progressive group.
The cows were munching hay in their stalls when the big barn door slid open and a mechanical monster stomped in from the rain.
From Literature
He called the mayor's measures "palliative", and a case of "closing the barn door after the horse has bolted".
From BBC
"This is not a barn door easy miss," he said.
From BBC
They shut the barn door and place a wood plank in its handles to secure it more, then back up, watching it closely.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
