close a desk drawer

verb phrase

  1. to push a desk drawer inward until it is fully shut, often gently or quietly

    A2

    transitive; object = the drawer; often with a manner adverb (quietly, slowly, softly)neutral

    • "Please close the desk drawer before you leave the office."A2
    • "She closed the desk drawer quietly so she would not wake the baby."B1
    • "He closed the desk drawer with his knee while balancing a stack of files in his arms."B2
    • "Always close a desk drawer softly in a shared office."B2

Collocations

desk drawerclose the drawershut a drawerpull open a drawerlock a drawer

Word family

closeclosedclosingdrawerdesk