English Dictionary

bang down the door

動詞

口語 慣用表現

(idiomatic, colloquial) To present oneself as a strong candidate for a role or achievement, explicitly or implicitly. / To demand something.

日本語の意味

積極的に自己を売り込む、主役候補として自らの存在感を示す / 強引に物事を要求する

After months of quiet effort, she finally chose to bang down the door and make it unmistakably clear she was the front-runner for the promotion.

数か月の地道な努力の末、彼女はついに猛アピールして昇進の最有力候補であることを誰にでも分かるようにした。

意味（1）

(idiomatic, colloquial) To present oneself as a strong candidate for a role or achievement, explicitly or implicitly.

He's proved himself as a handy wingman and forward at VFL level and I'm sure he'll be banging down the door for senior selection next year.

意味（2）

To demand something.

“There’s an important role to play on the outside, banging down the door, on bended knee, trying to change the system,” she recounted in an interview in 2018 on the popular hip-hop morning show the Breakfast Club.

bangs down the door （ present singular third-person ）

banging down the door （ participle present ）

banged down the door （ participle past ）

banged down the door （ past ）