gatekeep
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3ADJ.
north
VERB + GATEKEEP
bribe, persuaded, seeing
PREP.
after, into
Definitions
verb
To control or limit access to something.
To limit (sometimes manipulatively, rather than directly) how much of a role another party, often a spouse, has in some task.
To limit another party's participation in a collective identity or an activity, usually due to undue pettiness, resentment, or overprotectiveness.
noun
A gatekeeper.
Similar remarks had passed the cherry-stained lips a hundred times, and this one was brought on just after the gatekeep at the north postern of Bull Joy had slyly given the wink behind "her husband's" broad back.
A gentleman stopped his horse at a toll-gate and not seeing the gatekeep went into the house.
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3Similar remarks had passed the cherry-stained lips a hundred times, and this one was brought on just after the gatekeep at the north postern of Bull Joy had slyly given the wink behind "her husband's"
WiktionaryA gentleman stopped his horse at a toll-gate and not seeing the gatekeep went into the house.
WiktionaryThough there was a moment of anxiety, a generous bribe persuaded the gatekeep to overlook their expired passports and they rode into Calais.
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