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

Recent Examples on the Web The Atlanta courtroom was packed with reporters and lawyers, with a line outside the door once... 1:25 p.m. Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023 The dog, who had a kind of symbiotic relationship with Billy, lay forlornly outside the door. Werner Herzog, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023 Employees have an app to reserve rooms and a screen outside the door displays the appointment details. Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 31 May 2023 For more than three years, the sign taped outside the door of the Million Year Picnic, a subterranean comic book shop in Harvard Square, was a sure sight. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023 Diaz stumbled back outside the door and then noticed to her horror that her boy was still in the restaurant a few steps away and in mortal danger. Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2023 In an era long before cellphones, Glaub rushed to the house phone outside the door to the club. Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 15 July 2023 Tensions quickly rise when people learn what kinds of alien creatures are lurking just outside the door. Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 14 June 2023 The line for pancakes and egg scrambles at Cafe Brazil trails outside the door until 4 a.m., with wait times up to 40 minutes long. Arcelia Martin, Dallas News, 15 June 2023 See More

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“Outside the door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outside%20the%20door. Accessed 4 Oct. 2023.

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