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• 1Monitoring admission to a building or event.

  ‘the uniformed commissionaires on the door’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The course provides the training needed to gain a licence to work on the door.’
  • ‘I managed to jump the first four queues after explaining the situation to the bloke on the door.’
  • ‘We've got staff on the door, we've had a membership scheme and we use plastic glasses.’
  • ‘I was on the door in a glittery black dress, handing out champagne, when my mobile rang.’
  • ‘A few tickets had been bought in advance on a no refund basis but most people had bought them on the door.’

• 2On admission to an event rather than in advance.

  More example sentences

  • ‘they were going that night to try and buy tickets on the door for a comedy show’