to answer the door
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- phrasal verb
:
abrir la puerta
- Can you answer the door when the bell rings?
- get up and answer the door
- go and answer the door
- answer the door when someone knocks
And he didn't answer the door, so I went right back, right?
- And he didn't answer the door, so I went right back, right?
- I wouldn't have answered the door, too busy reading a book.
- And I was away in town and my youngest boy, Ryan, answers the door.
- Sorry, Norm, I'm getting some deliveries and poor Norm has to run and answer the door.
- I the way I remember it, the whole house seemed to tremble and my father came out and answered the door and literally at gunpoint.
- Therefore, if our policeman turns up at my house or anything like that, I would never ever answer the door.
- And he he answers the door in this dressing gown and he looks at me and it was like it wasn't him.
- We got to the house and this dude answers the door and he is a tweaker.
- This chick answered the door in a very thin white T-shirt.
- I took them back and my mother answered the door and I was, and she saw the Dany Ma.
- And there was no one else in the office, so I wasn't going to answer the door because my hands were covered Link.
- There's a, there's a thing that people have where like women will answer the door, like fully naked when they order pizza and do what?
- But this one guy went to his house and he answered the door and he was a heavier dude and he was wearing like a belly shirt.
Examples
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Can you answer the door while I get dressed?
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Angela, the doctor's wife, answered the door in her dressing gown.
Fiction book (1998) -
I need you to come and answer the door.
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Went to answer the door but there was nobody there.
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A note on the table instructed her not to answer the door or the phone.
Fiction book (1994) -
Diana went to answer the door, leaving Brandon and Rita in the living room.
Fiction book (2000) -
Lady Battle-Purfitt had to answer the door herself, all the servants being busy elsewhere.
Fiction book (1994) -
Jesse rang the bell, and an older man answered the door.
Fiction book (2000) -
A boy in his early teens, in tight jeans and a white T-shirt, answered the door.
Fiction book (1991) -
A middle-aged woman answered the door, with a jacket on and a shawl over her head.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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To open the door or pick up the phone when it rings
Antonyms
How Quickly
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'answer' (to respond) applied to 'the door' (the entry), i.e. respond to a knock or ring by opening/attending to the door. This compositional pattern is common across languages and in English, so a B1 learner who knows the words will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
Answer the door comes from the simple image of hearing a knock and going to open the door to answer the person. That's why it means 'to open the door in response to a knock or ring'.