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   Early doors

   • ▪ early on, especially in a game or contest

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   There were a couple of boos from the fans early doors, but nothing major. Times, Sunday Times ( 2007 ) Every old-school gaffer wants his team to ' score early doors'.

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   What does early doors mean?

   • One on the board early doors and everything will flow. I check what deals have been pushed through early doors. It is a tight league and it is early doors. I did a lot of dreaming, early doors. 2 meanings: British informal especially sport at an early stage British informal especially sport at an early stage.... Click for more definitions.

   EARLY DOORS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   What does early days mean?

   • I saw this answer regarding "early days" in a related question, Meaning of "Early days I know but may help.": Early days is a British idiom meaning "it’s too soon to make a judgment" about something. Why, then, do people say "early doors"? How can a door be early? Who said "early doors"? Where did you see or hear it?

   I am familiar with the expression "early days" - but what does "early

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   What happened to early doors?

   • Per this NGram, idiomatic the early doors displaced early patrons back in the music-hall 1920s. But that's ancient history - today they're all just early customers. (Except the collocation had a bit of a revival because of a British sitcom a couple of decades ago.) @JackO'Flaherty - I hear it all the time on British TV and radio.

   I am familiar with the expression "early days" - but what does "early

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   Why do customers 'early doors'?

   • Customers who slipped in then had a much better choice of seats than people who left it to the last moment, so from the outset 'early doors' implied gaining an advantage by taking action at the first opportunity.

   Learning English - Keep your English up to date - Early Doors - BBC

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4. www.oed.com › dictionary › early-doors_nearly doors, n. & adv. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford ...

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   What does the word early doors mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word early doors . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   Nov 21, 2021 · I have heard (UK) 'early doors' used in meetings to signify that they will finish earlier than scheduled, and that in general it means 'somewhat earlier than expected'. Some usage blogs suggest it is mainly used in connection with football ('soccer') and mainly in the North of England, but I think it has escaped those confines and is out in the ...

6. wordhistories.net › 2022/10/04 › early-doors-near‘early doors’ (near the beginning) – word histories

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   Oct 4, 2022 · The colloquial British-English phrase early doors means early on, at an early stage. It frequently occurs in the context of football (i.e., the game played under the rules of the Football Association).

7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Early_DoorsEarly Doors - Wikipedia

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   The title is a British slang phrase meaning those who arrive earlier than is customary and was often associated with pub customers who wait for or arrive soon after evening opening, around 5:30 p.m. Until the Licensing Act 1988, pubs in England closed in the afternoon. Most are now open all day.

8. www.bbc.co.uk › worldservice › learningenglishLearning English - Keep your English up to date - Early Doors

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   Nov 16, 2010 · Early doors? What's that all about? It means 'at an early stage in the proceedings'. But why 'doors'? Where did that come from? Nobody knows for certain, but the best guess is that it...

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   Cracking the Code: Demystifying the English Idiom 'Early Doors' • Unlock the secrets behind the popular English idiom 'Early Doors' in this informative and e...