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Meaning of at the door | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at, the, door.
  2. Ringing the doorbell or knocking on the door.
  3. At the first threshold of the event itself rather than in advance.

Examples

“Colette had met them at the door and told them what they owed and they laughed at her.”
“That would be Mom at the door.”
“The delivery man is at the door.”
“You can buy⟳ tickets at the door, but they will be pricier.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

at the double at the drop of a hat at the earliest at the elbow at the end of one's tether at the end of the day

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