DOOR

Meaning of DOOR in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a car door/engine/key etc

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She left the car engine running.

a glass window/door

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The doors had two round glass windows in them.

an entrance gate/door

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Soldiers were guarding the entrance gate.

an exit door

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Exit doors shouldn’t be blocked at any time.

back door

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His father works there, so he got in through the back door.

connecting doors (= doors that join the rooms )

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We’d like two rooms with connecting doors .

door key

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I’ll get a new door key cut for you.

door knob

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a brass door knob

door prize

door/window/picture frame

early doors

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We were well on top early doors.

fire door

French doors

front door

front door/garden/porch etc (= at the front of a house )

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We walked up the front steps and into the reception area.

live next door to

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A rather odd family came to live next door to us.

next door

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Have you seen next door’s new car?

next door

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the boy next door

opened its doors

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The centre has been a great success since it opened its doors a year ago.

out of doors

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The kids spent all their time out of doors.

patio doors

pet door

put a key in a lock/the door

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I put the key in the lock, but it wouldn’t turn.

revolving door

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The park director position has been a revolving door for seven appointees.

screen door

see...to the door (= go with you to the door, to say goodbye )

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Let me see you to the door .

sliding door

stage door

storm door

swing door

swinging door

the bedroom door/window etc

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Did you shut the bedroom window?

the click of a latch/door/lock etc

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The click of the latch told me Michele was back.

the front/back door key

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She felt in her pocket for the front door key.

the garage door

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She locked the garage door.

the key to a door/house/cupboard (= the key that opens a door/house/cupboard )

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Has anyone seen the key to the garage door?

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

back

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He was disturbed when his 2 attackers crashed in through a back door .

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The back door was open and I caught the spicy scent of yeast and cinnamon through the screen.

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Seeing her husband, she set it down by the back door and came across to the stable.

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And I went out the back door .

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The man in the donkey jacket began to walk towards the back door .

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Sills testified he heard some one banging on his back door and he found the three brothers had let themselves into the kitchen.

closed

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Real's punishment was to play subsequent matches behind closed doors .

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A closed door stops draughts spreading the flames, and dramatically slows the progress of a fire.

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Behind closed doors ... the paint job the public will never see.

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Paige frowned at the closed door .

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They climbed the stairs together past all the closed doors of Bluebeard's castle.

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He crossed the floor silently and listened at the closed door .

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There were three rows with his father, behind closed doors , then they reached agreement.

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Newcastle held their annual general meeting last night behind closed doors .

front

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Her building was between Avenues B and C and did not have a front door .

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At length he reached his hotel and was thrust through the front doors by the sheer momentum of the crowd.

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A residence was entered by forcing a front door .

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Before a concert in Dublin, a hand-written note was pinned to the front door of the venue.

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Behind him, near the front door , his wife was pruning the roses, oblivious.

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Then she walked to the front door , which was never used, and did the same thing there.

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It was only as my sister reopened the front door to let out her pet cat that I was noticed.

main

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The balcony above the main door has figures of miners on either side.

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Two girl-sized statues of angels holding fonts of holy water stood by the main door .

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It's possible that he tiptoed down the passage and came in by the main door .

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This is the main cabin door which also serves as an emergency exit.

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He glanced at the main door .

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The stone steps to the main door were chipped, crumbling, and dangerous for old people and toddlers.

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He ran out through the main doors and looked to his right and left.

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Weatherstrip your main doors and you should stop that.

open

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Ruth knocked on the now open door and then stepped into the suite.

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He also throws open the rear door , revealing a video screen.

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He was passing the open door , caught the odour of cigarette smoke.

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I jerked open the side door and went into the house.

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The sudden breeze introduced through the open door disturbed the orbit of the drone and sent the Doctor drifting slowly backwards.

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The dimness against the far wall was broken by light pouring out through an open door .

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She darted for the open doors and down the stone step to the garden.

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McAlister threw open the door and ran for the hospital entrance.

■ NOUN

bathroom

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For instance, every bathroom door is painted green, every toilet door, yellow.

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While she starts the bath water I wheel my chair into the bedroom, just beside the bathroom door .

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Paul sits on the floor by the bathroom door .

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The bathroom door opened and Renie hurried out, buckling his belt.

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A policeman attempted to open the bathroom door with a crowbar, denting the wood.

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They would never knock on any bathroom door she might be behind, that was for sure.

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She shut and bolted the bathroom door .

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The appraiser shut the bathroom door , and everyone looked around with faint smiles.

bedroom

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There was a light on downstairs, and as my bedroom door opened, all sounds ceased from inside the house.

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Inspired, I clipped it out of the paper and taped it to my bedroom door .

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We came to a stop outside my bedroom door and he made a lurching movement.

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They were waiting for him, and the bedroom door was closed.

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I rose from the edge of the bed as she came to the bedroom door .

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The argument erupts just as he reaches the bedroom door .

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He leaned on his bedroom door , as if trying to shut out the world.

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The man fired a shot from a small caliber handgun while speaking to officers through the closed bedroom door , he said.

car

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His job was to open car doors for Quigley.

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A slow pressure rolled through me as I sat ramrod-straight, motionless against the car door .

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He opens the car door on to a sleeting night rain.

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She was moving slowly along the edge of the pavement when a car door swung open in front of her, blocking her path.

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He saw Raymo heaving open the car door , a stutter motion, each segment leaving a blur behind.

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Mrs Wright opened the car door for him.

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There was the slamming of a car door .

handle

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She seized hold of the door handle and tried to open it.

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His head bobbed like some leftover party balloon Lois had tied to the door handle .

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Satisfied his intended victim was asleep, he gripped the door handle and turned it slowly.

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In the river bottom, where we finally stopped, the grass was above the door handles .

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Paint the door handle silver if liked.

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I told him to shut up and I seized the door handle and gave it a good tug.

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Nine-stone Deirdre, 39, halted the driverless car by pulling on the door handle .

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The door handles fell out of their doors when guests turned them to enter their rooms.

kitchen

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He had gone out through the kitchen door .

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Susan took off her traveling dress and washed in the basin by the kitchen door .

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Such machines have an incidental use on carpeting and may find therefore a role beyond the kitchen door .

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Ma Three quick raps on the kitchen door tugged her back.

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I went and stood in the kitchen door , while he watched the vriki.

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The heat is on and the kitchen door is bolted shut.

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Blowing out the candle, Tilly crept to the kitchen door and gingerly opened it.

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Carla cringed behind the kitchen door .

side

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He pushed open the driver's side door and clambered out, unsure whether to approach the Montego or wait.

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I can slip out the side door , and the man in black will never know what hit him.

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The captain invited us brusquely to sit on a bench before the table and hurried out of a side door .

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Returning to the side door , he stood just inside it for a while and then stepped out to the sidewalk.

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A side door led straight into a street.

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He heard the procession return and, after a while, Father Reynard appeared out of the side door of the church.

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He turned the key in the lock, and went in the side door of the old parish hall.

stage

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He received it the next morning when he took his usual letter to the stage door .

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Musicians were so desperate to hear Michelangeli that they borrowed violin cases and sneaked in through the stage door .

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Just before I turned into the stage door , I passed Charles Fox, the theatre make-up shop.

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He stopped by on his night off, was let in the stage door , and stood in the wings.

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Cards and flowers had already come to the stage door , and Bernie was making mocking remarks at every opportunity.

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Before each performance, he slid casually through an unnoticeable stage door into a world unknown to most.

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He heard a thunk as some one hit the crush bar on the inside of the stage door .

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Eliza went out the stage door into the alley.

■ VERB

answer

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Yesterday traders tracked down show chairman Alistair McCloud to his hotel room in Aylesbury, but he refused to answer the door .

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Yet it was clear to Sarn Fong that he should not go outside or answer the door after dark.

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When traders tracked him down to his hotel room, he wouldn't answer the door .

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There was a rule in the Ackerman house that whoever was least busy had to answer the door and the phone.

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The family's home in Stockton appeared deserted with all the curtains drawn and no-one was answering the door .

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Manuel Gustavo arrives, and when no one answers the door , comes in the back way.

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He was even answering the door , her door!

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Her granddaughter says the old woman was afraid to answer the door , terrified that once again city officials would come knocking.

bolt

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Presumably she bolted the door after her for that was how the police had found it in the morning.

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Gordy commanded her to sit back down then bolted out the door .

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Then she locked the door , bolted the garden doors and prepared for bed.

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She turned and bolted out the door .

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Safe in her own hallway, Miss Worthington bolted the front door , turned the master key.

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For a moment she surprised herself in the thought of bolting for the door .

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Just long enough for Jinny to bolt the door .

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Faced with a bolted door , Seymour did what thousands of pentecostal preachers have done in similar circumstances ever since.

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It was 10.30 ... I closed the door behind me and locked it.

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He tiptoed into the bedroom and closed the door .

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The decision closes the doors on to hundreds of potential appeals by convicted drink-drivers.

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Acknowledging our equal claims to it, we close the door and try again.

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He hadn't the strength to close the doors .

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I closed the door and tried the third.

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He paused for a moment, checking the hall and stairs before stepping into the room and closing the door behind him.

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She grabbed the toy and shelved it in the back behind closed doors .

come

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He would expect his visitor to come back through the door to the kitchen.

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He shows up often, thanking those who come through the door .

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It came through the door leading to the boarders' annexe.

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As a child, I watched hundreds of people from all walks of life come through our front door .

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When people came to the doors they stood on the step talking and looking over at our side of the street.

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The employees seem to know everyone who comes through the door .

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After a few minutes a young woman came out of the street door below them and walked away.

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Then she heard them coming through the door .

force

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At the Model school burglars ransacked the music centre after forcing open the main door .

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Property was stolen from a residence entered by forcing a rear door .

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The raiders smashed their way into the trailer to silence Bob's barking before forcing the shop door .

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No one had forced any doors or windows, because they didn't need to, did they?

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A residence was entered by forcing a front door .

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He forced the door and entered the room.

hear

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He was just laying the cards down for another game, when he heard the door open behind him.

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When he hears the bedroom door open, Carlos puts his ear up against the front panel.

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He heard the door close behind him and hurriedly wiped his cheeks.

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A few moments later, I heard the front door shut.

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She heard the door close behind her, but not before the sound of laughter had followed her down towards the lift.

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When he heard the heavy doors open, the loud voices, he knew what to expect.

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I heard the outer door shut.

hold

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The Collector and half a dozen Sikhs were still managing to hold the door into the drawing-room, but only just.

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He held the door open for her.

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He gets out and holds our door open.

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A pleasant-looking young man, slicked up in new jeans and white sneakers, smiled and held open the courtroom door .

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If uncollected, they will be held on the door at the venue.

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You could see part of the uniformed arm that held the door open for him.

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The porter holds the car door as if restraining a very strong, young Galapagos tortoise from doing what it pleases.

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But again, I do the right thing and hold the door for the guy.

kick

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She was working on her hands and knees when she kicked the door .

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He kicked the door shut, then reached past her and took a glass from the cup board.

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He shouted her name, but she only let him in after he threatened to kick down the door .

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They kicked open the door and tossed us out into the snow through the back fire exit.

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He slammed out on to the landing, and kicked open the door to the next room.

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They went into his room and he kicked the door to behind him.

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Taking no notice of her breathless protest, he barely halted his stride as he kicked open the bedroom door .

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He kicked open the car doors and they both managed to get out, even thought they were on fire.

knock

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He smiled, thanked me and patted me on the head before knocking at our door .

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But a kiss denied, for Phillis was knocking on the door .

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Some say migrant workers knock on their doors asking for water and food.

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When I knocked at the door , Mr Rochester's old servant, John, opened it and recognized me.

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I was sleeping and somebody knocked on the door .

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There was knocking on the front door .

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He knocked loudly on the door .

leave

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It is important, however, to ensure that you have left as many doors open as possible in terms of future requirements.

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She smiled and left , closing the door .

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Mr Gorbachev is resisting centrifugal pressure, but leaving the door open for future change in party's status.

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Back when me and my buddies were barricading the front door , who left the back door open?

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The weaver shook his head but the messenger dared not leave his door till his master's errand had been fulfilled.

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I would not leave this door until some one came to open it.

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He went, leaving the door standing open.

live

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The Coach House originally provided stabling for a wealthy rector who lived next door .

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The Yorkes lived next door to the Shergolds and might have gleaned some scraps of information that he could wheedle out of Harriet.

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His only friend was six-year-old Louis, who lived next door .

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I once lived next door to a giant of a man with feet like Yeti slippers.

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Benjy sat on his sagging back steps with six-year-old Louis Klubock, who lived next door .

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Freda Berkeley misses her and another neighbour, the writer Patrick Kinross, who lived two doors away.

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She played with her Challiss cousins, who lived next door .

lock

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Nevil locked the door and slammed it and then indicated to her to lead on.

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Apparently, the Altar Guild had been in to arrange the flowers and had forgotten to lock the side door .

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He locked the door of his room.

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This time the stepmother locked the door .

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After a few minutes he came back and locked the door behind him.

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Then I pushed her into the hallway and locked the door .

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The gaoler followed, locking the door behind him.

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Once the bailiff had locked the door , the jury foreman called for all the evidence.

move

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The noise is footsteps moving away from the door .

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Quietly he stood up from his chair and moved closer to the door .

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Thomas moved to the door and slammed his arms into it.

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He moves to the window alongside, and sees her inside the office moving away from the door .

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I feel Joe move towards the door behind me.

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They were moving away from the fire door when there was a loud report, like a large cannon going off.

push

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She pushed open the door without knocking.

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Then the Jesuit volunteers pushed open the shelter doors and the worshipers followed the cross into a misty rain.

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Rachaela pushed open the door and went in.

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Curtis pushed the door open and sat down, still glowering.

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Inside the caravan her elder daughter was pushing at the door to come out.

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We woke before it was light, as some one was pushing the doors open.

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She pushed the parlour door open and tiptoed in.

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Quinn pushed the door open, walked through the lobby, and rode the elevator to the eleventh floor.

reach

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They had reached the door , and the motor was waiting to convey them back to Hampstead.

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He reached for that door in the same mechanical, unafraid way and threw it open.

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There was no need for the accused to reach the restaurant door .

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Her nightdress fell to the floor as she reached the door .

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They had reached her door , and instinct took over.

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As she reached the doors they came open, the button pressed by two people outside.

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As she reached the door she dipped her head, as if she had something caught in her eye.

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By the time Cornelius had reached the door , the youth employment officer was already tidying his desk.

shut

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I don't shut all the internal doors and I certainly don't pull most plugs out at the socket.

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He shut the door quickly behind him.

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Neil followed them in and shut the door .

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I shut the door to one when I entered the other.

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Unfortunately I had shut the stable door after the horse had fled.

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Saskia tossed her burden into Tabitha's hands as Mogul shut the door .

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I just missed him as he went into his room alone and shut the door .

slam

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He walked out of the room and slammed the door .

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I said, slamming the door shut.

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McQuaid slammed the car door and walked towards the house.

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Miguel stepped out and slammed the door , leaving Cristalena sitting inside like a porcelain doll.

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She hastened back into the corridor and slammed the door .

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The rector fished the key from his pocket as the man got out of the truck and slammed the door .

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Unable to wait to slam the door hard shut behind him, she followed him into the hall.

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He was going to say the line and slam the door .

slide

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I stood at the sliding doors of Crosshouse Hospital, my arm around my grandmother.

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Interior screens can range from fabric-covered triptych folding ones you can move around to sliding doors to a climbing house plant.

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Her fears were groundless and she slid the door back.

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Untraveledroadie: You and only you see the sliding glass door in me.

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Tea-break is ten minutes away, so I slide through the pass door to check my costume before dress run.

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I slid the door open and saw a Malay with a wet mop.

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He re-entered the hangar and searched for the switch to slide the double doors open electrically.

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To our left, the sliding glass door absorbed our profiles.

stand

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I stood by the door feeling very nervous.

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We walked through the station house and stood outside the door for a moment scanning the dark village.

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I stood thinking at the door .

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One dancer standing outside the door recalls screams and curses.

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Maria, who showed her in, was frightened and stood at the door shivering.

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They stood together by the door .

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She lifted her feet, one by one, pressed them down on to the boot-scraper that stood by the back door .

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He stood in the door of the milking house, holding out the buckets for her to take.

swing

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The door of a garden shed had swung open.

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John watched a swinging door compress the air behind her.

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When he swung the door open he found a young man in a World Cup T-shirt and brown suede shorts.

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I crossed to the rear and opened the swinging door to the kitchen.

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If that crossroads was lost, then Napoleon would have successfully swung the two doors apart.

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He came out before the smoke had cleared and swung the door quietly on well-oiled hinges.

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I walked through the swinging doors and fell in love.

turn

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It turned and the door opened.

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When he turned at the door .

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She twisted the metal handle and her eyes glinted with satisfaction when it turned and the door opened easily.

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Taking my final leave of the President, I turned toward the door , erect and with a dignified, purposeful bearing.

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Just before I turned into the stage door , I passed Charles Fox, the theatre make-up shop.

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Everybody stops playing cards and Monopoly, turns toward the day-room door .

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The next moment she had her face under control, turning towards the door with a polite smile.

unlock

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But that debate should not obscure the fact that private investment was the key that unlocked the Channel Tunnel door .

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I unlocked the door and went in and lay face down on the bed.

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I unlocked the door and led the way in.

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Inside the truck Donald Fish, 39, of Bridgewater, unlocked the door and opened it.

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She unlocked the door and got back in the shower.

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You arrive home, unlock the door , and realize you are very hot and sweaty.

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She unlocked the scullery door at seven-fifteen this morning - actually, she was late.

walk

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She walks towards the arrival doors .

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She walked through the revolving door into the lobby.

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Few would question Lloyd's determination to win business which now walks past its door and into rivals such as Commercial Union.

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I walked through the swinging doors and fell in love.

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She walks up to her front door , a picture of sophistication in her Armani suit.

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She turned round and quickly began to walk back towards the door .

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It was just a question of walking in the door , entering the stream of things.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

answer the phone/a call/the door

be at death's door

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His skin was so pale, he looked like he was at death's door.

be knocking on the door

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But a kiss denied, for Phillis was knocking on the door.

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Soon Pugwash was knocking on the door.

beat a path to sb's door

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People are going to beat a path from all over to play these golf courses.

beat the door down

behind closed doors

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Although America is a democracy, a lot of key decisions are made behind closed doors by unelected advisers.

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The board members met behind closed doors to discuss the deal.

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And, unlike most other House panels, the ethics committee conducts virtually all of its business behind closed doors.

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As the jurors deliberated behind closed doors, the judge huddled with lawyers from both sides in his chambers.

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Real's punishment was to play subsequent matches behind closed doors.

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Schmoke spent most of his time behind closed doors.

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The hearings are behind closed doors, Newsweek says, and it has not discovered the names of the companies implicated.

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We think, but we don't really know what they were saying to each other behind closed doors.

close your doors (to sb)

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By the end of 1986 Seadocs had closed its doors.

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Equitable's managing director quit and the group closed its doors to new business.

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In 1976, Stax closed its doors.

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It will close its doors for much of the process, which will be complete in 2004-5.

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Leisure centres close their doors because of a lack of sufficient funds to operate them.

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The acclaimed restaurant closed its doors a few months ago, sending many a fan into deep depression.

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The troubles will not close our doors.

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Thousands of businesses closed their doors.

force a door/lock/window

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He'd forced a window to get into the ground floor maisonette in the Belmont area of Hereford.

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House raid: Intruders forced a window at the front of a house in Ripon.

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The forced door especially terrified me.

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The burglars are believed to have forced a window.

get in through the back door

get/have/keep your foot in the door

keep the wolf from the door

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But it was worth it to keep the wolves from the door.

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No sign of any more money than is needed to keep the wolf from the door.

kick a door in

knock on doors

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All I've done since seems to be walk around and knock on doors.

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And gathering that information means knocking on doors and asking people questions.

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As a young girl I volunteered to knock on doors and enrol pets in the Tailwaggers Club.

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I could go up to Albany and knock on doors, and I could almost always get in.

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Landlords knocking on doors, demanding money.

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Peter: Well, cause trouble, you know; play knocking on doors, throw stones at windows and that.

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She sent Talivaldis to the store for a large loaf of Wonder Bread and knocked on doors, issuing invitations.

lay sth at the door of sb/sth

louvre window/door

never darken my door again

next door to sth

open the door/way to sth

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He lifts open the door to throw in another pine slab.

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I opened the door to find Mrs Puri standing to attention outside.

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Lonnie Ali opens the door to the kitchen.

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Once you open the door to things that are not related to the Holocaust, where do you draw the line?

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She opened the door to the living room.

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This design decision was taken to open the door to integration of hypermedia mail, news, and information access.

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This was when somebody opened the door to the inner sanctum where the support band was playing.

post sth through sb's door/letterbox

show sb the door

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A couple of security guards showed me the door after they saw my camera.

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She lost her temper, started screaming, and was immediately shown the door.

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Then one of his bodyguards showed me the door.

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Hanmer said as he showed me to the door.

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His neighbours, who regard him as a hero, respectfully show you to the door.

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I hope that a general election will be held quickly, so that we can show the Government the door.

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In a slightly awkward movement, he shows her out the door.

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It's the polite way of showing you the door.

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Mrs Teal merely wished that Annie show Lois to the door.

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So they made it necessary for him to quit, gave him $ 3. 8 million and showed him the door.

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This means that you do not just show him the door.

shut sth in the door/drawer etc

shut the door/drawer etc on sth

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Come in, lads, come in and shut the door on the fog.

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Even so, Wickham was not ready to shut the door on the possibility.

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Everyone has been going for national contracts and that has shut the door on the small company.

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It watched her, unwinking, until she reached the room behind the shop and shut the door on its crimson gaze.

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Madeleine grimaced after she'd shut the door on him.

shut/close the stable door after the horse has bolted

slam the door in sb's face

the door is open

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After that, panic ... He was shouting, the door is opened , somebody puts a rifle barrel through the window.

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Fitted wardrobes can have internal lights worked by pressure switches that operate when the door is opened .

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He is reported to flee from class when the door is opened .

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Improve it and the door is open to summer invasions like that of the Lake District.

work the door

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

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A Sturmabteilung opened the door that led into the cabin and Frick walked through, the others following.

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At 44, she found most doors slammed shut.

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He got out of bed and tiptoed to the door to listen.

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He kept walking up and down, up and down, on the pavement opposite her door .

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He stepped outside, closed the doors, switched off the flashlight and walked back up the slope to the cottage.

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I'd allowed the door to swing to behind me and just as it clicked shut, some one knocked.

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We had the trap door , the back door.

II. verb