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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“I yearn to be banned again,” said Waters, lamenting that his books are by the front door of bookstores rather than “by the true crime near the bathroom or the gay section in the back.”

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Henry’s classmates start their own investigation, which inevitably brings them to Henry’s front door.

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She was not far from her front door when a taxi driver beckoned her.

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"We don't need more bureaucracy, we need more front doors," the Conservative leader said in a jab directed at Carney.

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Emily said when they first moved in, the front door did not lock.

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front dive front-drive

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