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doormat
UK /ˈdɔːˌmæt/ US /ˈdɔɹˌmæt/
noun 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
complete, fine, pissed, under
VERB + DOORMAT
became, don't, dump, key, like
DOORMAT + NOUN
guy, people, words
PREP.
from, on, with, with
Definitions
noun
1
A coarse mat at the entrance to a house, upon which one wipes one's shoes.
Wipe your shoes on the doormat before you start plodding around in the house.
Mr. Simpson adds that the station at Stanmore appears practically unchanged from the time of its opening, even to the L.N.W.R. rubber doormat, which "shows no signs of wearing out."
2
Someone who is overly submissive to others' wishes.
He's such a doormat, he lets everyone walk all over him.
If you flipped through certain magazines at this time you could be forgiven for thinking that there was no right way to be a woman, only wrong ones — bimbo or frump, slut or prude, shrew or doormat.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a person who is physically weak and ineffectual
- weakling
- wuss
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Wipe your shoes on the doormat before you start plodding around in the house.
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Mr. Simpson adds that the station at Stanmore appears practically unchanged from the time of its opening, even to the L.N.W.R. rubber doormat, which "shows no signs of wearing out."
Wiktionary03
Dimple glanced at an expensive-looking doormat with the words ‘LOSE THE SHOES’ woven into it and wondered why anyone would bother spending so much money on something people were going to wipe their fe
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Tom knew that Mary kept a key under the doormat.
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Tom wiped his feet on the doormat.
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You should never be the doormat of a self-centered person.
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