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Definition of get (one's) foot in the door
get (one's) foot in the door
verb
- to make an initial small step towards gaining entrance to something (a job, a university, a relationship.)
Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'door': | |
| Definitions include: the anus. | |
| Definitions include: the man who a cheating spouse sees on the side. | |
| Definitions include: horrendous diarrhea. | |
| Definitions include: the fly (zipper) on one's pants. | |
| Definitions include: in private. | |
| Definitions include: to be at the peak (blowing up) of one's "roll" on ecstasy (MDMA). | |
| Definitions include: to get rid of before entering a venue. | |
| Definitions include: See barn door. | |
| Definitions include: start working in a company at a low level, hoping to progress from there. | |
| Definitions include: Feeling the urge to have a bowel movement. | |
| Definitions include: trouble is coming. | |
| Definitions include: a person's fly is open. | |
| Definitions include: thing used via comparison to describe something that smells extremely bad. | |
| Definitions include: See barn door. | |
| Definitions include: "shut the fuck up". | |
Other terms relating to 'foot': | |
| Definitions include: a particularly large "camel toe". | |
| Definitions include: someone or something that looks appealing from a distance, but within 50 feet their true appearance is evident. | |
| Definitions include: police | |
| Definitions include: Unready, incapable of responding to an assault. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "foot-long floater", i.e. a floating piece of feces that's a foot long. | |
| Definitions include: A low class female with no standards (also known as hood rats) | |
| Definitions include: to frequently put (one's) foot in (one's) mouth - i.e. say inappropriate things. | |
| Definitions include: start working in a company at a low level, hoping to progress from there. | |
| Definitions include: of multiple people, to have an unpleasant first meeting. | |
| Definitions include: a style of riding skateboards, snowboards, etc. with one's right food forward. | |
| Definitions include: to frequently drive fast. | |
| Definitions include: to be near death. | |
| Definitions include: to have sex. | |
| Definitions include: statement of disbelief. | |
| Definitions include: the visible cleft of the outer labia under tight clothing. | |
Other terms relating to 'get': | |
| Definitions include: very; really; extremely. | |
| Definitions include: a phrase of one is about to be in trouble big-time or something bad is about to happen. | |
| Definitions include: "Get ready for some serious trouble." | |
| Definitions include: "buy one get one" free. | |
| Definitions include: don't be mistaken; "believe it". | |
| Definitions include: from the beginning. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "get back to work". | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: to have sex with someone who is not one's significant other. | |
| Definitions include: to acquire a buzz. | |
| Definitions include: to be excited by. | |
| Definitions include: to enjoy. | |
| Definitions include: see clue. | |
| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: to ingest a drug. | |
Other terms relating to 'in': | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: involving everyone or everything. | |
| Definitions include: doing something emphatically. | |
| Definitions include: no chance. | |
| Definitions include: something easy. | |
| Definitions include: at some time before the present. | |
| Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing. | |
| Definitions include: included. | |
| Definitions include: clitoris. | |
| Definitions include: to intrude. | |
| Definitions include: See barge in. | |
| Definitions include: To beat someone up, inflict head injury | |
| Definitions include: visible mucus in one's nostrils. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time." | |
Other terms relating to 'the': | |
| Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone. | |
| Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a good estimate. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: inclusive. | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
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