outside the door
idiom
: outside a room or building, etc., near the door
standing (just/right) outside the door
Examples of outside the door in a Sentence
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There were piles of them inside the oven room, outside the door and alongside the building.
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David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2024
There is no seating in the shop, but a bench just outside the door makes a handy pie perch.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2024
Both were left outside the door, and both later suffered Russian military attacks, at the cost of lives and territory.
—Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 2 Aug. 2021
If Macdonald can achieve Horn barbecue status, then expect lines outside the door for LowBrau’s Slow and Low Smokehouse.
—Randy Diamond, Sacramento Bee, 1 June 2024
Architecturally, part of the text would have been outside the door’s threshold.
—James L. Fitzsimmons, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
The footage released during Aden's news conference showed the deputy firing several shots in an exterior hallway outside the door to Fortson's apartment.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 9 May 2024
Later that day, Serna collapsed inside her cell while Pascua — there to check Serna’s vitals signs — was outside the door.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
Hopeful diners lined up outside the door for a last-minute reservation.
—Vogue, 25 Mar. 2024
David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2024
There is no seating in the shop, but a bench just outside the door makes a handy pie perch.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2024
Both were left outside the door, and both later suffered Russian military attacks, at the cost of lives and territory.
—Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 2 Aug. 2021
If Macdonald can achieve Horn barbecue status, then expect lines outside the door for LowBrau’s Slow and Low Smokehouse.
—Randy Diamond, Sacramento Bee, 1 June 2024
Architecturally, part of the text would have been outside the door’s threshold.
—James L. Fitzsimmons, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
The footage released during Aden's news conference showed the deputy firing several shots in an exterior hallway outside the door to Fortson's apartment.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 9 May 2024
Later that day, Serna collapsed inside her cell while Pascua — there to check Serna’s vitals signs — was outside the door.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
Hopeful diners lined up outside the door for a last-minute reservation.
—Vogue, 25 Mar. 2024
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