Meaning of side door | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A door that is not primarily used as an entrance or exit.
2. A method that bypasses the primary process.
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“He sneaked into the house quietly by a small side door. From there he slipped neatly into his sanctum. He flattered himself that his entrance had not been observed, but there he was mistaken. The watchful Tredwell let⟳ nothing escape⟳ him. He presented himself at the door.”

“"If she makes as much work⟳ after she comes as she has before, we might as well give⟳ up hope⟳ of ever gettin' any rest⟳," sighed Miranda as she hung the dish towels on the barberry bushes at the side door.”

“Well, I generally come⟳ in at least fifteen minutes late, ah, I use⟳ the side door - that way Lumbergh can't see⟳ me, heh heh - and, uh, after that I just sorta space out for about an hour.”

“Once, this neo-Gothic landmark in Chelsea was the Church of the Holy Communion. . . . A decade later, it was Limelight, the nightclub-slash-den of depravity. . . . Today that fabled nightclub is a mall. . . . Entering by a side door, one young woman patently ignorant of the place’s tainted past, glanced around bewilderedly. “I thought that this was a house of God,” she murmured.”

“The USA won the home-and-home series with the Italians, entering the World Cup through a side door”

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