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bang down the door en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To present oneself as a strong candidate for a role or achievement, explicitly or implicitly.
    • 2018 Ben Collins, Two rookie Saints earn new contracts Australian Football League, 16 October 2018. Accessed 2 May 2019. "He's proved himself as a handy wingman and forward at VFL level and I'm sure he'll be banging down the door for senior selection next year."
  2. To demand something.
    • “There’s an important role to play on the outside, banging down the door, on bended knee, trying to change the system,” she recounted in an interview in 2018 on the popular hip-hop morning show the Breakfast Club. 2019 April 9, Ed Kilgore, Can Progressives Forgive Kamala Harris Her Past Moderation?, New York, retrieved 02 May 2019:

Forms

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bang the door down alternative lexicographic
bang on the door alternative lexicographic
banged down the door Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
banged down the door Tense=Past lexicographic
bangs down the door Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
banging down the door Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic