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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
door .
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Examples
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That's what us bikers really need, not another lane on an arterial to get "doored" on. alexbroner
“Walk Bike Ride” Plan Would Narrow Nickerson for Bikes « PubliCola 2010
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That's what happened to me when I got "doored" the day before Thanksgiving.
People Are People: Dealing With It BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Most riders who get "doored" are clipped on the side.
People Are People: Dealing With It BikeSnobNYC 2010
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In one lousy summer I was hit by two cars, "doored" four times someone opens their car door right in front of you, and wiped out a half-dozen times while trying to avoid a crash with a moving car...one time causing a crash into a parked car that wrecked my bike.
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People got "doored," that is, hit by doors of police cars.
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It's bad enough I have to worry about getting "doored" all the time; this installation opens up the possibility of getting "planted" as well.
Keep Dreaming: From Fantasy to Reality BikeSnobNYC 2008
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It's bad enough I have to worry about getting "doored" all the time; this installation opens up the possibility of getting "planted" as well.
Archive 2008-09-01 BikeSnobNYC 2008
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Response: Precedents in other American cities (New York City, Minneapolis) have shown that on one-way streets with parallel parking on both sides, bikers benefit from a much lower risk of being "doored" (unexpectedly hit by a car door opening) when the bike lane is on the left side of the street adjacent to the passenger-side door (instead of the driver-side door).
TheWashCycle 2009
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There was always gossip at the water cooler about what office people wouldn't change the water cooler when it was empty—horrible people who would pretend not to notice and skulk away, like they'd just doored a Benz in the parking lot.
Water Cooler Topics Are Overflowing Jason Gay 2011
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Over the last year, I have been doored and hit several times on one occasion in a bike lane.
Benjamin Shepard: New Yorkers: Fight the Bike Backlash Benjamin Shepard 2011
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