Door Definition
(cycling) To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.
- As a charge holding someone responsible:
You shouldn't lay the blame for the fiasco at her door.
- To refuse to allow for the possibility of:
The secretary of state closed the door on future negotiations.
- To allow for the possibility of:
Let's leave the door open for future stylistic changes.
- To eject (someone) from the premises.
- To terminate the employment of; fire.
- to blame (a person) for
Other Word Forms of Door
Noun
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Door
- at (someone's) door
- close
- leave the door open
- show (someone) the door
- lay at the door of
- lie at someone's door
- out of doors
- show someone the door
Origin of Door
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From Middle English dore, dor, from Old English duru (“door”), dor (“gate”), from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-, *dʰwor- (“doorway, door, gate”). Cognates include West Frisian doar, Dutch deur, German Tür (“door”), Tor (“gate”), Danish dør, Icelandic dyr, Latin foris, Modern Greek θύρα (thýra), Albanian derë pl. dyer, Kurdish derge (der), derî, Persian در (dar), Russian дверь (dver’), Hindustani द्वार (dvār) / دوار (dvār), Armenian դուռ (duṙ), Irish doras, Lithuanian durys.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English dor from Old English duru, dor dhwer- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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