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door Ⅰ noun 1 a supplier of drugs CANADA, 2002. 2 a capsule of Doriden™, a trade name for glutethimide, a sedative US, 1992.► from the doorfrom the outset US, 1967 Ⅱ ⇨ dor; door; dorie noun a capsule of glutethimide (trade name Doriden™), a hypnotic sedative and central nervous system depressant US, 1986
idiomdoor► open (the) doors forat death's doorvery ill and likely to die, often used humorously:Carmine, who had been at death's door a month before, was there laughing and talking as if he'd never been ill.She comes to my house when I'm lying there at death's door with this stomach bug, and asks me if I want to go out drinking!do sth by/through the back doorto achieve something indirectly, secretly, or in an unusual way ◆ often used in newspapers, on television news etc:They're breaking their promises and trying to introduce new taxation by the back door.I started as a designer and got into fashion journalism by the back door.It seemed that despite all the doctors' efforts the cancer had returned through the back door.back-door: This change amounts to a back-door privatization of our hospitals.be knocking on/at the door of sth BrEBrEto be trying to join an organization, group etc:He's knocking on the door of the Ulster team, and with a good start to the season he should have no trouble getting in.Sales are up and the company's finally knocking at the door of the FT-100 Share Index.lay sth at sb's doorto blame someone for something:I'm not sure how much of our current problem we can lay at Carson's door.When Barry resigned, the blame was laid at Shipton's door.never darken sb's doorold-fashioned used in order to say that you do not want to see someone anymore because they have done something to make you angry or upset:He pointed his finger at me and shouted, "You'll never darken our door again, I promise you!"the/a revolving door1 a situation in which people in a company, organization, or system do not stay there for very long:Since the Council Chairman left in December, the position has become a revolving door."Armies of drug addicts passed through the revolving door of Florida's prisons and went back to the streets," Kennedy said. revolving-door: The revolving-door casting at the studio has made both actors and producers very nervous.2 the situation in which government officials frequently accept important positions with private companies, and people in these companies frequently go to work for the government:Many State lawmakers happily walk through the revolving door into jobs where they can earn more than three times as much money.Congress must act to end the revolving door between U.S. trade officials and foreign companies. revolving-door: Jacobs isn't a member of the revolving-door society between government and the private sector.show sb the doorto say clearly and in an unfriendly way that you want someone to leave:I half expected him to show me the door when I told him I was from the local paper, but he agreed to talk.The company's caring approach makes it more reluctant than most to show employees the door.
See:- (as) broad as a barn door
- (one's) door is always open
- a closed door
- a creaking door hangs longest
- a foot in the door
- A golden key can open any door
- a leg in the door
- a toe in the door
- answer the door
- as one door closes, another (one) opens
- as one door closes, another one opens
- as one door closes, another opens
- at (one's) door
- at (one's) doorstep
- at death's door
- at death's doorstep
- at door
- at one's door
- back door
- backdoor
- be at death's door
- be knocking on heaven's door
- be knocking on the door
- be on the door
- be pushing at an open door
- beat a path to (one's) door
- beat a path to door
- beat a path to somebody's door
- beat a path to someone's door
- behind closed doors
- blow (one's) doors off
- blow doors off
- blow someone’s doors off
- blow the doors off
- blow the doors off (something)
- broad as a barn door
- by the back door
- by/through the back door
- close down
- close its doors
- close the barn door after the horse has bolted
- close the door on
- close the door on (something)
- close the stable door after the horse has bolted
- closed door
- closed-door
- closing the stable door after the horse has bolted
- come knocking at (one's) door
- come knocking at the door
- come knocking on (one's) door
- come knocking on the door
- crack the door
- crack the door (open)
- creaking door hangs longest
- darken (one's) door
- darken a church door
- darken door
- darken my door (again), don't/never
- darken someone's door
- death's door, at/near
- don't let the door hit you on the way out
- door to door
- doormat
- doors open up
- door-to-door
- dumber than a doornail
- early doors
- foot in the door
- foot in the door, get one's
- foot-in-the-door
- from door to door
- get a foot in the door
- get a/(one's) foot in the door
- get a/(one's) leg in the door
- get foot in the door
- get/have a/your foot in the door
- have a foot in the door
- have a/(one's) foot in the door
- house of many doors
- Katie bar the door
- Katie, bar the door
- Katie, bar the door!
- keep the wolf from the door
- keep the wolf from the door, to
- knock at (one's) door
- knock at the door
- knock at your door
- knock on (one's) door
- knock on the door
- knocking on heaven's door
- lay (something) at (one's) door
- lay at door
- lay at someone's door
- lay something at somebody's door
- lay something at someone's door
- leave the door open
- leave the door open for
- leave the door open for (something or doing something)
- lie at (one's) door
- lie at death's door
- lie at somebody's door
- live next door
- live next door (to one)
- lock the barn door after the horse has bolted
- lock the barn/stable door after the horse has bolted/is stolen, to
- lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
- make a better door than a window
- never darken (one's) door again
- never darken someone's door
- next door to
- next-door neighbor
- not darken (one's) door again
- not darken somewhere's door
- not darken the door of (some place)
- not/never darken somebody's door again
- on (one's) doorstep
- one's next-door neighbor
- open a few doors
- open doors
- open some doors
- open the door for (someone or something)
- open the door to
- open the door to (someone or something)
- open the door to/for somebody/something
- opportunity knocks at every man's door
- out of doors
- push at an open door
- revolving door
- revolving door syndrome
- see (one) to the door
- see out
- show (one) the door
- show somebody the door
- show someone out
- show someone the door
- show the door
- shut the door in (someone's) face
- shut the door on
- shut the door on (something)
- shut the stable door
- Shut the stable door after the horse has bolted
- shut/close the door on something
- shut/lock/close the stable door after the horse has bolted
- slam the door in (one's) face
- slam the door in face
- stage-door Johnny
- the boy next door
- the girl/boy next door
- the revolving door
- The wolf is at the door
- the wolf is at the/(one's) door
- through the back door
- when one door closes, another opens
- when one door shuts, another one opens
- When one door shuts, another opens
- When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window
- wolf at the door
- wolf at the/(one's) door
- You make a better door than you do a window
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