get the door

phrase

: to open the door
If you'll get the door for me, I'll carry that box inside.

Examples of get the door in a Sentence

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The passenger did not get the door open and the plane landed safely and taxied to the gate. — Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 18 July 2025 Gates at Portsmouth dock had to be widened to get the door off the ship. — Jonathan O’Callaghan, WIRED, 14 Aug. 2024 In the Martin County Sheriff's Office's second video the deputies get the door open and ask the man if he's pinned anywhere else. — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023 Last weekend, multiple tipsters reported that Roker and wife, Deborah Roberts, were trying to leave brunch at Marks on Madison but couldn’t get the door of their Model X to close. — Curbed, 17 Jan. 2023 The brother reluctantly agreed, and Virden soon figured out the mechanism to get the door open. — The Arizona Republic, 29 Dec. 2022 After the crash, the officer and a nearby resident helped free the suspect from his car, using a crowbar to get the door open, according to police. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2022

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“Get the door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20the%20door. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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