outside the door
idiom
: outside a room or building, etc., near the door
standing (just/right) outside the door
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Vince yells at Morgan for pushing him into a corner, while Lauren is outside the door crying.
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Nick Caruso, TVLine, 18 Sep. 2025
Alternatively, a yellow taxi stand is outside the door, and the hotel’s frontage on Park Avenue is a convenient place to meet a ride-share car.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Tasha Speight, a 22-year White Castle veteran and supervisor at the Roosevelt Road restaurant, said the robots show up early for work, lining up outside the door in the morning, waiting for their marching orders.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025
Pets bring their owners gifts – think of the dead mice or birds that cats leave outside the door – and animals have been observed giving gifts to each other.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
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Nick Caruso, TVLine, 18 Sep. 2025
Alternatively, a yellow taxi stand is outside the door, and the hotel’s frontage on Park Avenue is a convenient place to meet a ride-share car.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Tasha Speight, a 22-year White Castle veteran and supervisor at the Roosevelt Road restaurant, said the robots show up early for work, lining up outside the door in the morning, waiting for their marching orders.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025
Pets bring their owners gifts – think of the dead mice or birds that cats leave outside the door – and animals have been observed giving gifts to each other.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for outside the door
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“Outside the door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outside%20the%20door. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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