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door-sprinting
verb
/dor-sprin-ting/
Definition
A frantic, undignified jog performed purely out of social obligation not to make a polite stranger wait too long.
In use
“I was door-sprinting across the entire foyer because someone held it open thirty feet away.”
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Language
- Language form
- verb
- Pronunciation
- /dor-sprin-ting/
Classification
- Life domain
- People & society
History
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