to make the door
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
To make it fast by shutting and bolting it. Why at this time the doors are made against you. — Comedy of Errors, iii, 1.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “to make the door” mean?
To make it fast by shutting and bolting it. Why at this time the doors are made against you. — Comedy of Errors, iii, 1.
Is “to make the door” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.