bang on door
Frequency: 8.015.2 per million words
Used to describe the action of striking a door loudly and repeatedly.
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Examples (10)
- The police started to bang on the door, demanding to be let in.
- I woke up to someone banging on my front door in the middle of the night.
- In a fit of rage, he banged on the door with both fists.
- If he doesn't answer his phone, I'll have to go over and bang on his door.
- "Stop banging on the door! You'll wake the baby!" she whispered urgently.
- The children were just playing, banging on the garage door with a stick.
- He had to bang on the bathroom door because his sister had been in there for an hour.
- A desperate survivor was banging on the shelter door, pleading for help.
- Don't just stand there and knock politely; you need to bang on the door to get their attention!
- We heard them bang on the door but were too afraid to open it.