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bang down the door

bang down the door verb: to present oneself as a strong candidate for a role or achievement, explicitly or implicitly.

Verb

bang down the door (third-person singular simple present bangs down the door, present participle banging down the door, simple past and past participle banged down the door)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To present oneself as a strong candidate for a role or achievement, explicitly or implicitly.
    • "He's proved himself as a handy wingman and forward at VFL level and I'm sure he'll be banging down the door for senior selection next year."2018 Ben Collins, Two rookie Saints earn new contracts Australian Football League, 16 October 2018. Accessed 2 May 2019.
  2. To demand something.
    • “There’s an important role to play on the outside, banging down the door, on bended knee, trying to change the system,” she recounted in an interview in 2018 on the popular hip-hop morning show the Breakfast Club.2019 April 9, Ed Kilgore, Can Progressives Forgive Kamala Harris Her Past Moderation?, New York, retrieved 02 May 2019

Forms of bang down the door

third-person singular presentbangs down the door
present participlebanging down the door
past participlebanged down the door
pastbanged down the door
alternative formbang on the door
alternative formbang the door down

Questions about bang down the door

What does bang down the door mean?
Bang down the door means to present oneself as a strong candidate for a role or achievement, explicitly or implicitly.
What part of speech is bang down the door?
Bang down the door is a verb.
What is the past tense of bang down the door?
The past tense of bang down the door is banged down the door.

Words near bang down the door in the dictionary

  1. bang about
  2. bang around
  3. bang away
  4. bang bang
  5. bang bang chicken
  6. bang down the door
  7. bang for one's buck
  8. bang for the buck
  9. bang from the buck
  10. bang into
  11. Bang Khae

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