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put one's foot in the door

put one's foot in the door verb: synonym of get one's foot in the door.

Verb

put one's foot in the door (third-person singular simple present puts one's foot in the door, present participle putting one's foot in the door, simple past and past participle put one's foot in the door)

  1. Synonym of get one's foot in the door

Synonyms of put one's foot in the door

Forms of put one's foot in the door

third-person singular presentputs one's foot in the door
present participleputting one's foot in the door
past participleput one's foot in the door
pastput one's foot in the door

Questions about put one's foot in the door

What does put one's foot in the door mean?
Put one's foot in the door means synonym of get one's foot in the door.
What part of speech is put one's foot in the door?
Put one's foot in the door is a verb.
What is the past tense of put one's foot in the door?
The past tense of put one's foot in the door is put one's foot in the door.

Words near put one's foot in the door in the dictionary

  1. put one's foot down on
  2. put one's foot down upon
  3. put one's foot in it
  4. put one's foot in one's mouth
  5. put one's foot in someone's ass
  6. put one's foot in the door
  7. put one's foot up someone's ass
  8. put one's hand in one's pocket
  9. put one's hand to
  10. put one's hand to the plough
  11. put one's hand up

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