leave at the door

English

Alternative forms

• check at the door

Verb

leave at the door (third-person singular simple present leaves at the door, present participle leaving at the door, simple past and past participle left at the door)

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To dispense with something for now; to forget about it situationally, or omit or discard it in a given place or instance.
   • 2020 December 21, Bryan Lufkin, “How 'linguistic mirroring' can make you more convincing”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     Or, if you’re talking to someone who’s more buttoned up and direct – maybe a superior or an executive – go straight for the answer. Leave the humour at the door, if that’s what they do.