front door

noun

1. the main entrance to a house or other building, usually facing a street.
2. Informal. anything offering the best, most direct, or most straightforward approach to a place, situation, objective, etc.

front door

noun

1. the main entrance to a house
2. an open legitimate means of obtaining a job, position, etc

   to get in by the front door

Word History and Origins

Origin of front door¹

First recorded in 1740–50