sliding door

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Sliding doors in a modern wardrobe

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sliding door (plural sliding doors)

  1. A door that opens and closes by sliding to the side; sometimes one of a pair.
    • 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
      However, before Zoe could open the first cage, Burt’s van, looking decidedly the worse for wear, came thundering into the warehouse, smashing the huge metal sliding door into the air as it did so
    • 2019 October 23, Pip Dunn, “The next king of Scotland”, in Rail, page 50:
      Thus, the ScotRail plan was to totally refurbish the trailer vehicles, with new sliding doors and a host of other improvements.
  2. (figurative, from the plot of the film 'Sliding Doors') Denotes a crucial decision point at which outcomes diverge depending on which of two courses is followed.
    sliding door(s) moment, sliding door(s) decision

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