front door

noun

1

: the main entrance to a dwelling or apartment having more than one entrance : a doorway fronting on or giving direct access to a street or road

2

a

: a place or area affording the main or best approach or access (as to a country)

the war would then be brought directly to the front door of the Americas

—Emil Lengyel

b

: an open direct forthright approach or a legal approach toward gaining some object

should do it directly and openly, through the front door

—Yale Review

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