"darken a church door" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-darken a church door.ogg [Australia] Forms: darkens a church door [present, singular, third-person], darkening a church door [participle, present], darkened a church door [participle, past], darkened a church door [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} darken a church door (third-person singular simple present darkens a church door, present participle darkening a church door, simple past and past participle darkened a church door)
  1. (idiomatic) To go to church to attend a service. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-darken_a_church_door-en-verb-CAsq0j89 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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