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getting the door

getting the door is the present participle and gerund of get the door.

Meaning of get the door

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.

Questions about getting the door

What is getting the door the present participle and gerund of?
Getting the door is the present participle and gerund of get the door.

Words near getting the door in the dictionary

  1. getting the boot
  2. getting the bulge on
  3. getting the bullet
  4. getting the chop
  5. getting the dirty water off one's chest
  6. getting the door
  7. getting the drawers
  8. getting the drift
  9. getting the drop on
  10. getting the goods on
  11. getting the hang of

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