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leave at the door en · VERB
Meanings
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(idiomatic, transitive) To dispense with something for now; to forget about it situationally, or omit or discard it in a given place or instance.
Or, if you’re talking to someone who’s more buttoned up and direct – maybe a superior or an executive – go straight for the answer. Leave the humour at the door, if that’s what they do.
2020 December 21, Bryan Lufkin, “How 'linguistic mirroring' can make you more convincing”, in BBC:
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Synonyms
check at the door