knock on the door of
English
Alternative forms
- knock at the door of
Verb
knock on the door of (third-person singular simple present knocks on the door of, present participle knocking on the door of, simple past and past participle knocked on the door of)
- To ask for entrance or admission into.
- Every year, thousands of students knock on the door of Ivy League universities.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically.
Derived terms
- knocking on heaven's door
Further reading
- “knock on the door of”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
- “knock on the door of something” in the Collins English Dictionary