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get the door

get the door verb: to open a door to help another person to pass through.

Verb

get the door (third-person singular simple present gets the door, present participle getting the door, simple past got the door, past participle gotten the door or got the door)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To open a door to help another person to pass through.
    • I'll get the door. Someone's knocking to be let in.
    • Can you get the door? I'm carrying these heavy crates.

Forms of get the door

third-person singular presentgets the door
present participlegetting the door
pastgot the door
past participlegotten the door
past participlegot the door

Questions about get the door

What does get the door mean?
Get the door means to open a door to help another person to pass through.
What part of speech is get the door?
Get the door is a verb.
What is the past tense of get the door?
The past tense of get the door is got the door.

Words near get the door in the dictionary

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  2. get the bulge on
  3. get the bullet
  4. get the chop
  5. get the dirty water off one's chest
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  7. get the drawers
  8. get the drift
  9. get the drop on
  10. get the elbow
  11. get the flak

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