front door

noun

the main entrance to a house or other building, usually facing a street.
Informal.��anything offering the best, most direct, or most straightforward approach to a place, situation, objective, etc.

front door

noun

the main entrance to a house
an open legitimate means of obtaining a job, position, etc
to get in by the front door

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Word History and Origins

Origin of front door¹

First recorded in 1740–50

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Example Sentences

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Early Thursday morning, Medina was rattled by several loud knocks on the front door.

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Peers have criticised the new front door to the House of Lords, after ministers revealed it cost £9.6m and still does not work properly.

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In late 2023, a representative of a company called Smarter Insulation Ltd appeared at his front door asking to talk to him about spray foam insulation.

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At that point, scooter drivers take over, dropping off the packages to people's front doors.

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I was continually scaling walls and dragging him, covered in engine grease, out from under a car in the morning after he slipped out the front door left ajar.

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front dive front-drive

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