answer the door



answer the door

To open a door after someone has knocked on it or pressed a doorbell. Can you answer the door? I'm a little busy right now. I did knock, but no one answered the door.
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answer the door

Fig. [after hearing the doorbell or a knock] to go to the door to see who is there. Would you please answer the door. I am busy. I wish someone would answer the door. I can't stand to hear the knocking.
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Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Methoataske-Native American, Shawnee
JaclynJAK-linEnglish
Babur-Urdu
Philemonfi-LEE-mən (English), fie-LEE-mən (English)Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Chuldah-Biblical Hebrew
Wilky-Medieval English