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Dictionary definition: A DOOR must either be shut or open
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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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