"bang down the door" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bangs down the door [present, singular, third-person], banging down the door [participle, present], banged down the door [participle, past], banged down the door [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-bang_down_the_door-en-verb-MalszW5m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 22
  2. To demand something.
    Sense id: en-bang_down_the_door-en-verb-zjn5f1mD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bang on the door, bang the door down

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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