Close
Close verb - To position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening.
Interfering with is an antonym for close.
Interfering with
Both terms in one sentence
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Depraved Bisexual: Monte comes close to this trope, interfering with Lena and Stef's relationship and assaulting a student at Anchor Beach.
Source: Series / The Fosters -
And by Chapter 4 he starts planting false evidence to make the trial more interesting, and by Chapter 5 he's actively interfering with the trial when everyone gets too close to the truth (that there was no victim; the body was long dead before anyone found it.)
Source: Hanging Judge - Come season 7 and we see that there are some real issues with them interfering with each others lives and Ted learns that in order to move on with his life he needed to stop being so close with Robin.
Source: Internal Deconstruction
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