answer the door

idiom

: to open the door to see who is knocking on the door or ringing the doorbell
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Residents are being told to not answer the door unless two uniformed officers are present. Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2025 Investigators urged local residents not to answer the door for a sole police officer, noting that at this time law enforcement agents would arrive in pairs if dispatched. Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 14 June 2025 The clip shows Emma Walz waiting on her best friend to answer the door to deliver the news of her positive pregnant test—only 45 minutes after receiving it herself. Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 June 2025 The trio of males posing as Amazon workers showed up at a home the afternoon of May 23 and convinced an adult daughter to answer the door, police said. Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for answer the door

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