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Language: Old English;Origin: duru
'door' and dor
'gate']
the large flat piece of wood, glass etc that you open and close when you go into or out of a building, room, vehicle etc, or when you open a cupboard
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gateopen/close/shut the door Could you open the door for me?the door swung/flew/burst etc open The door flew open and Ruth stormed in.slam the door(=shut it loudly, usually because you are angry)
front/back/side door(=at the front, back etc of a house)
Is the back door shut? the main door (=at the front entrance) of the cathedralkitchen/bathroom/bedroom etc door Don't forget to lock the garage door. Can you answer the door (=open it after someone has knocked or pressed the bell) ?get the doorAmE (=open or close it for someone)
Here, let me get the door for you.knock on/at the door Knock on the door and see if they're home.cupboard/fridge etc door Mary slid back the closet door.door handle/knob brass door handlesthe space made by an open door
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doorwayin/out (of)/through the door Rick turned and ran out of the door. I glanced through the open door.at the doorif someone is at the door, they are waiting for you to open the door of a building so they can come inside
There's somebody at the front door.out of doorsoutside
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outdoors I prefer working out of doors.show/see sb to the doorto take someone to the main way out of a building
My secretary will show you to the door.two/three etc doors away/down/upused to say how many houses or buildings there are between your house, office etc and another building
two/three etc doors away/down/up from Patrick lived two doors away from me.(from) door to doora)especially BrE from one place to another
How long is the journey, door to door?b) going to each house in a street or area to sell something, collect money, or ask for votes
Joe sold vacuum cleaners door to door for years.→
door-to-doorbe on the doorto work at the entrance to a theatre, club etc, collecting tickets
shut/close the door on sthto make something impossible
The accident shut the door on her ballet career.→
at death's dooratdeath,
behind closed doorsatclosed,
get in through the back dooratback door,
lay sth at sb's dooratlay2 (19),
next door,open doors (for sb)atopen2 (16),
open-door policy,open the door to sthatopen2 (16),
show sb the dooratshow1 (20)