at the door

English

Prepositional phrase

at the door

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at,‎ the,‎ door.
   • 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 40, in Nick, New York, Boston, London: Little, Brown and Company, page 205:

     Colette had met them at the door and told them what they owed and they laughed at her.

2. Ringing the doorbell or knocking on the door.

   The delivery man is at the door.

3. At the first threshold of the event itself rather than in advance.

   You can buy tickets at the door, but they will be pricier.

Related terms

• at someone's door
• at the door of
• on the door
• the wolf is at the door