shut the door in face

Meaning

1. 1

   shut / slam the door in sb's face

   to shut a door hard when sb is trying to come in

2. 2

   shut / slam the door in sb's face

   to refuse to talk to sb or meet them, in a rude way

In the movies · 1

• He says, "Yes. Mind your own business," and slams the door in his face.Mary Reilly1996

From the same entry

• be on the door
• close the door on
• door to door
• the door to
• lay at door
• leave the door open
• out of doors
• to door
• by the back door
• close, the barn door after the horse has escaped
• beat a path to door
• close its doors

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• up to a point
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• what's up with that
• you could hear a pin drop
• at any rate
• it's not as if
• behind bars
• tear apart