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darken someone's doorstep

darken someone's doorstep is the alternative form of darken someone's door.

Meaning of darken someone's door

Verb

darken someone's door (third-person singular simple present darkens someone's door, present participle darkening someone's door, simple past and past participle darkened someone's door)

  1. (idiomatic) To arrive at someone's residence or location, especially as an unexpected visitor.
    • "I'll tell you, Peter," said I, "were I my lord, and a friend or kinsman of mine should leave the town while the court was sitting, that kinsman, or be he what he liked, should never darken my door again."1824, Sir Walter Scott, Redgauntlet, Letter 13

Forms of darken someone's doorstep

third-person singular presentdarkens someone's doorstep
present participledarkening someone's doorstep
past participledarkened someone's doorstep
pastdarkened someone's doorstep

Questions about darken someone's doorstep

What is darken someone's doorstep the alternative form of?
Darken someone's doorstep is the alternative form of darken someone's door.

Words near darken someone's doorstep in the dictionary

  1. darked up
  2. darken
  3. darken a church door
  4. darken down
  5. darken someone's door
  6. darken someone's doorstep
  7. darken someone's doorway
  8. darken up
  9. darkened
  10. darkened a church door
  11. darkened down

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