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front door

noun

  1. the main entrance to a house or other building, usually facing a street.

  2. Informal.anything offering the best, most direct, or most straightforward approach to a place, situation, objective, etc.



front door

noun

  1. the main entrance to a house

  2. an open legitimate means of obtaining a job, position, etc

    to get in by the front door

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of front door1

First recorded in 1740–50
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At approximately 2:00 a.m., we were all awakened by the sounds of pounding on the front door and shouts of someone seeking entry, identifying himself as a police officer.

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Speaking to BBC Wales before the sentencing, Mrs Flynn-Farrell recounted the moment she received the doorbell notification to tell her someone was at her mother's front door.

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The shooter banged on the front door of his victims, demanding to be let inside because he was law enforcement.

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Police say the suspect, 57-year-old Vance Boelter, was impersonating a member of law enforcement when he carried out the attacks, banging on the legislators' front doors in the middle of the night.

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Thompson said authorities have a clear picture of what happened because the Hoffmans have a security camera outside their front door.

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