A subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street. / A means of access, often secret and unprotected, to something.

(US, baseball) The path of a pitch which starts outside and then slides over the plate. / Achieved through indirect means.

To attempt to accomplish by indirect means, especially when direct means are proscribed.

Alternative form of trapdoor

(idiomatic) About to die; in a life-threatening state of health.

An opening in a door for pets to come in and out of the house without requiring a human to open the door.

A door that slides into the wall.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see barn, doors.

In an adjacent building, room or place.

(dialectal) Next door to.