Idiom
leave at the door
Meaning
To dispense with something for now; to forget about it situationally, or omit or discard it in a given place or instance.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Please leave your bad mood at the door.”
“The coach told the players to leave their personal problems at the door before practice started.”
“To maintain a professional atmosphere, the mediator asked both parties to leave their past grievances at the door and focus on the current agreement.”
Examples
simple
“Please leave your bad mood at the door.”
contextual
“The coach told the players to leave their personal problems at the door before practice started.”
complex
“To maintain a professional atmosphere, the mediator asked both parties to leave their past grievances at the door and focus on the current agreement.”
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