front door

American  

noun

1. the main entrance to a house or other building, usually facing a street.

2. Informal. anything offering the best, most direct, or most straightforward approach to a place, situation, objective, etc.

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front door British  

noun

1. the main entrance to a house

2. an open legitimate means of obtaining a job, position, etc

   to get in by the front door

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Etymology

Origin of front door

First recorded in 1740–50

Example Sentences

Here’s a look at his Starbucks overhaul, from the front door to customers’ follow-up reviews.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I waited for her outside the front door and when I saw her coming we all cried," says Ikram, who had been in a part of the school that wasn't hit, so was unharmed.

From BBC

Casual viewers often think the two were built by the same architect or are even a single building with two front doors.

From The Wall Street Journal

He's the chief executive of Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust - and says the number of people coming through the front doors is at a record high.

From BBC

Natalie ran to the bathroom for towels, but when she got back to the front door there were already two inches of water on the floor.

From Literature