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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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The daughter of a 69-year-old Londonderry woman whose front door was set alight in an arson attack has said she has "no idea" why her house was targeted.

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Damage was caused to the front door area of the house and emergency services attended the fire.

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Donald Trump has now brought the battle to the front door and his administration is using a battering ram to get inside.

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“I yearn to be banned again,” said Waters, lamenting that his books are by the front door of bookstores rather than “by the true crime near the bathroom or the gay section in the back.”

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Henry’s classmates start their own investigation, which inevitably brings them to Henry’s front door.

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