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swinging door
noun
- a door that swings open on being pushed or pulled from either side and then swings closed by itself.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of swinging door1
First recorded in 1795–1805
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Example Sentences
The swinging door was pushed outward, a short while after he had balanced himself on the extreme edge of the swinging couch.
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As the swinging door closed behind him, he found himself facing a rolling ball of string coming straight toward him.
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In a moment the two children had dashed into the cabin and pulled to the swinging door.
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But when the task was done he toddled through the swinging-door to see what wreck had been made of the kitchen.
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The swinging door oscillated with little puffs of air like sneers, and a breath ran around the tapestries hung on the walls.
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