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• open the door!
• close the door behind you, please.
• the door closed behind him.
• to shut/slam/lock/unlock the door

door

1. a piece of wood, glass, etc. that is opened and closed so that people can get in and out of a room, building, car, etc.; a similar thing in a cupboard
• SEE ALSO back-door
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/back-door_2
• Open the door!
• Close the door behind you, please.
• The door closed behind him.
• to shut/slam/lock/unlock the door
• a knock on/at the door
• to knock/bang on the door
• to answer the door (= to go and open it because somebody has knocked on it or rung the bell)
• the front/back/side door (= at the entrance at the front/back/side of a building)
• the bedroom/kitchen/car/garage door
• a four-door saloon car
• the fridge door
• the door frame/handle/lock
• There are double doors to the rear garden.
• The door to his office opened.
• Each bedroom has a door onto the balcony.

Extra Examples

• Always put the door chain on.
• Go along the corridor and through the double doors.
• He arrived home to find the door barred.
• He banged the front door behind him as he left.
• He came in the side door.
• He flung the door open and caught them stuffing a document back into a briefcase.
• He had left the door ajar.
• He leaned against the door jamb.
• He pulled the door shut.
• I banged on the door for ages but still couldn't wake them.
• I left the door on the latch so that I could sneak back in later.
• I stopped at a low oak door set in the stone wall.
• I tried the door but it was locked.
• I was woken by a door banging in the wind.
• I went through the door marked ‘Enquiries’.
• Parking is helped by wide door mirrors.
• Remember to bolt the door before you go to bed.
• She had trouble pushing the heavy door open.
• The car drove off with its rear door flapping open.
• The door bore a notice saying ‘Private’.
• The door burst open and a little boy ran in.
• The door connecting the two offices is kept locked.
• The door opens onto a sunny terrace.
• The door stood ajar so I could see a narrow section of the room.
• The door was half-open when we got there.
• The door was jammed shut.
• The inner door leads to the safe and is always locked after 5 p.m.
• They had to break the door down to get into the flat.
• This door leads to my bedroom.
• a creaking door hinge
• automatic garage doors
• the door between the laundry room and the garage
• the door into the back garden
• the rear door of a car
• There was a knock on the door.
2. the space when a door is open
• Marc appeared through a door at the far end of the room.
• As we walked through the door, the phone rang.
• She's just arrived—she's just come in the door
• He walked out the door.

Extra Examples

• She poked her head through the door to say goodbye.
• He stood in the door for several minutes before deciding whether he'd stay.
• He looked through the door to make sure the children were all right.
3. the area close to the entrance of a building
• SEE ALSO doorway
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/doorway
• There's somebody at the door (= at the front door of a house).
• ‘Can I help you?’ asked the man at the door.
4. a house, room, etc. that is a particular number of houses, rooms, etc. away from another
• the family that lives three doors up from us
• Our other branch is just a few doors down the road.
5. the amount of money made by selling tickets for an event
• SYNONYM gate
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/gate
• 50% of the door will go to the Red Cross.
• Performers keep 75% of the door.
6. so ill that you may die
• I suppose you won’t be coming to the party if you’re at death’s door!
7. if a lot of people beat a path to somebody’s door, they are all interested in something that person has to sell, or can do or tell them
• Top theatrical agents are beating a path to the teenager's door.
8. without the public being allowed to attend or know what is happening; in private
• The meeting was held behind closed doors.
9. to work at the entrance to a theatre, club, etc., for example collecting tickets from people as they enter
• He was working the door at the event.
10. in an unfair or indirect way
• He used his friends to help him get into the civil service by the back door.
11. to make it unlikely that something will happen
• She was careful not to close the door on the possibility of further talks.
12. to stop trading
• The factory closed its doors for the last time in 2009.
• The company closed shop and left the US last year.
13. to try to prevent or avoid loss or damage when it is already too late to do so
14. (to provide) the means of getting or reaching something; (to create) the opportunity for something
• The agreement will open the door to increased international trade.
• Our courses are the door to success in English.
15. from building to building
• The journey takes about an hour door to door.
• a door-to-door salesman
16. at an early stage, especially in a game or competition
• Suddenly we lost three home matches early doors.
• The team had the game in the bag early doors after tries from Ellis and Wilkins.
17. to manage to enter an organization, a field of business, etc. that could bring you success
• I always wanted to work in TV but it took me two years to get a foot in the door.
18. to have enough money to avoid going hungry; to stop somebody feeling hungry
19. to say that somebody is responsible for something that has gone wrong
• The blame for the disaster has been laid firmly at the government’s door.
20. to make sure that there is still the possibility of doing something
• We have left the door open for further talks.
21. used to tell somebody never to come to your home again
• Go! And never darken my door again!
22. to provide opportunities for somebody to do something and be successful
23. not inside a building
• You should spend more time out of doors in the fresh air.
24. to ask somebody to leave, because they are no longer welcome
25. to shut a door hard when somebody is trying to come in
26. to refuse to talk to somebody or meet them, in a rude way
27. directly to somebody’s house
• We promise to deliver to your door within 48 hours of you ordering.

Word Origin

• Old English duru, dor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch deur ‘door’ and German Tür ‘door’, Tor ‘gate’; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin foris ‘gate’ and Greek thura ‘door’.