Dictionary definition: A DOOR must either be shut or open

A DOOR must either be shut or open Said of two mutually exclusive alternatives. Cf. Fr. il faut quʾune porte soit ouverte ou fermée , it is necessary that a door be open or shut.
1762 Goldsmith Citizen of World I. xlix.
There are but the two ways; the door must either be shut, or it must be open.
1896 G. ...

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