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leave something at the door idiom (US alsocheck something at the door) to intentionally not allow something to influence you or to be expressed in a particular situation: His reports were all reviewed by a committee; he had to leave his ego at the door. She says she doesn't leave her faith at the door when she goes to work. It's better to be alone than to be in a relationship in which you have to check part of your personality at the door. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Treating as unimportant blow something/someone off brush brush someone/something aside chopped liver damn denigrate denigration laugh laugh something off look down on someone minoritize mock never on the front burneridiom shrug away shrug something off skate skate over/around something sniff at something sweep something aside |