bang down the door

English

Alternative forms

• bang on the door
• bang the door down

Verb

bang down the door (third-person singular simple present bangs down the door, present participle banging down the door, simple past and past participle banged down the door)

1. (idiomatic, colloquial) To present oneself as a strong candidate for a role or achievement, explicitly or implicitly.
   • 2018 Ben Collins, Two rookie Saints earn new contracts Australian Football League, 16 October 2018. Accessed 2 May 2019.

     "He's proved himself as a handy wingman and forward at VFL level and I'm sure he'll be banging down the door for senior selection next year."

2. To demand something.
   • 2019 April 9, Ed Kilgore, Can Progressives Forgive Kamala Harris Her Past Moderation?‎^[1], New York, retrieved 2 May 2019:

     “There’s an important role to play on the outside, banging down the door, on bended knee, trying to change the system,” she recounted in an interview in 2018 on the popular hip-hop morning show the Breakfast Club.

Anagrams

• bang the door down