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- noun Plural form of
doormat .
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Examples
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What makes me want to walk over such people like doormats is that they use the word "free."
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I don’t think those women are identifying as doormats or prostitutes, or identifying as not doormats and not prostitutes.
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The president is irritated by Mr Copé's bid to style himself as an indomitable head of a beefed French "hyper-parliament" whose right-wing MPs are no longer prepared to be "doormats" who meekly rubber stamp presidential reforms; instead, they "co-produce" them.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Shoppers at Costco Wholesale Corp. are beginning to pick up a few modest extras such as doormats and coffee makers along with their must-haves like food, the company said Thursday.
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Big flounder are nicknamed "doormats" but that particular fish was more like area rug.
Island Packet: Home 2009
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a brand that breathes new life into mundane objects such as doormats, calculators, and umbrellas.
博客天下 shuiguzhou 2008
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But love that is self-abnegating, all-consuming, and totally erases any kind of independence looks a lot more like domestic violence than fabulous romance, and doormats aren't actually very interesting as protagonists.
Archive 2009-11-01 2009
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Our elected officials were elected to represent our views, not to be doormats for the Messiah.
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You can craft doormats out of old garments or make your own shelves out of plastic waste.
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Some heavy defeats, including a not unfamiliar 4-0 scoreline in the 2006 Carling Cup final, have led to a suspicion that Wigan leave their feistiness at home and turn into doormats whenever they face United, though Martínez naturally prefers to emphasise the positives.
Roberto Martínez: We must unblock our minds against Manchester United 2011
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