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Definition

To obstruct someone's view, especially as a result of thoughtlessness.

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In Context

  • "“You're blocking the picture,” Maria says. . . . “You make a better door than a window.”"
  • "She griped fetchingly at a clot of news workers who blocked her view. "You make a better door than a window, kid," she told one reporter."
  • "An advertising poster on a transit shelter makes a better door than a window, when trying to spot oncoming traffic."