bang down the door

verb

To present oneself as a strong candidate for a role or achievement, explicitly or implicitly.

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Meanings

verbbang 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)

present singular third person bangs down the door · participle present banging down the door · participle past banged down the door · past banged down the door · alternative bang on the door · alternative bang the door down

  1. colloquialidiomaticTo present oneself as a strong candidate for a role or achievement, explicitly or implicitly.

    2018 Ben Collins, Two rookie Saints earn new contracts Australian Football League, 16 October 2018. Accessed 2 May 2019. "He's proved himself as a handy wingman and forward at VFL level and I'm sure he'll be banging down the door for senior selection next year."

  2. To demand something.

    “There’s an important role to play on the outside, banging down the door, on bended knee, trying to change the system,” she recounted in an interview in 2018 on the popular hip-hop morning show the Breakfast Club.

    2019 April 9, Ed Kilgore, Can Progressives Forgive Kamala Harris Her Past Moderation?, New York, retrieved 02 May 2019
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APA

bang down the door. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bang%20down%20the%20door

MLA

“bang down the door.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bang%20down%20the%20door. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bang down the door,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bang%20down%20the%20door.

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