door

door [ dɔr ] noun count ***

1. ) a large flat object you open when you want to enter or leave a building, room, or vehicle:

a little house with a red door

The door creaked slowly open.

There was a draft coming from under the door.

open/close/shut the door: The police officer told him to open the car door.

Shut the door it's cold in here!

knock on the door (=so that someone knows you are there): I knocked on the door and a voice answered Come in.

be at the door (=be outside the door to someone's house): There's someone at the door.

answer/get the door (=go to your door to see who is there): Go and answer the door, will you?

bang/slam the door (=close it noisily): He ran out, slamming the door behind him.

door to/into: The door to the kitchen was open.

back/front/side etc. door: Be sure to lock the back door when you leave.

bedroom/shed/car etc. door: The bathroom door was shut.

a ) the space created when you open a door: DOORWAY:

A strange figure suddenly came through the door.

come in the door: I'd just come in the door when the phone rang.

out the door: Anne got out the door as quickly as she could when she saw him there.

2. ) an opportunity to do something or a possibility that something will happen:

door to: For these young men, a sports career can be a door to fame and fortune.

open doors (for someone) (=create opportunities): This new job has really opened a lot of doors for her.

open the door to something (=make it possible): This decision could open the door to higher costs.

close/shut the door on something (=make it impossible): The government is reluctant to shut the door on these proposals.

a ) as/when one door closes, another one opens used for saying that even though you have lost an opportunity to do one thing, an opportunity to do something else has appeared

close/shut the barn/stable door after the horse is gone

used for saying that something has been done too late because the problem it should have prevented has already happened

(from) door to door

1. ) used for talking about the total length of a trip from the place where you start to the place where you arrive:

The flight itself is only two hours, but it takes about five hours door to door.

2. ) going to all the houses in an area, for example trying to sell things or asking for information or votes

get your foot/toe in the door

to get an opportunity to start working in an organization or business, especially when this will give you more opportunities in the future

on the door

at the entrance to a place, selling tickets, or welcoming or checking the people who want to come in

open its/the doors

if a building, organization, or country opens its doors, it allows people to enter, especially for the first time:

open its/the doors to: The country has slowly opened its doors to new immigrants.

out of doors

outside:

He spends a lot of time out of doors.

show someone the door INFORMAL

to tell someone to leave, especially in a rude or angry way

shut/slam the door in someone's face

1. ) to close a door violently when someone is about to come into a room

2. ) to rudely tell or show someone that you are not interested in listening to their opinion or in helping them

to your door

if a company delivers things to your door, it delivers them directly to your house:

Simply order from our Web site and we'll deliver the goods to your door within 24 hours.

two/a few, etc. doors down/up/along

used for saying how many rooms or houses you need to count before you come to the room or house you are talking about:

His office is three doors down from mine.

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