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key to the door

key to the door noun: twenty-one.

Noun

key to the door

  1. Twenty-one.

Origin of key to the door

A reference to the traditional age of the majority.

Questions about key to the door

What does key to the door mean?
Key to the door means twenty-one.
What part of speech is key to the door?
Key to the door is a noun.

Words near key to the door in the dictionary

  1. key spokes
  2. key stage
  3. key stages
  4. key stretching
  5. key to the city
  6. key to the door
  7. key to the kingdom
  8. key to the midway
  9. key up
  10. key visual
  11. key visuals

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