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doormat definition

door·mat (-mat′)

noun

  1. a mat for people to wipe their shoes on before entering a house, room, etc.
  2. a person easily mistreated, imposed on, exploited, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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