Close
Close verb - To position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening.
Veto
Veto verb - To reject by or as if by a vote.
Both words in one sentence
- Unless you or a close ally is nominated, don't win veto (and don't use it.) When the time comes, start knocking out the people who can win competitions by winning them yourselves.
Source: Series / Big Brother -
Parental Marriage Veto: The King and Queen are NOT pleased to learn how close their son is becoming with the girl he found, and forcibly separate them after he asserts he wants to marry her over the princess they choose for him.
Source: Anime / The Little Mermaid
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