outside the door
idiom
: outside a room or building, etc., near the door
standing (just/right) outside the door
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Meanwhile, outie Gemma wails outside the door, begging Mark to return to her.
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Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Then a colleague walked by and started talking to our boss, still standing outside the door.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2025
Stay in for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, or venture out – the flavors of Ybor await right outside the door.
—Susan B. Barnes, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2025
In a photo taken from inside the Oval Office during the president's Feb. 13 meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an issue of the New York Post with Trump's mug shot on the cover can be seen hanging just outside the door, which was left open.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
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Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Then a colleague walked by and started talking to our boss, still standing outside the door.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2025
Stay in for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, or venture out – the flavors of Ybor await right outside the door.
—Susan B. Barnes, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2025
In a photo taken from inside the Oval Office during the president's Feb. 13 meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an issue of the New York Post with Trump's mug shot on the cover can be seen hanging just outside the door, which was left open.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Outside the door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outside%20the%20door. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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