How to Pronounce "beat a path to your door"
expression
BEET-uh-path-tuh-YOOR-dor
BEET-uh-path-too-YAW-daw
Definition
If people beat a path to your door, many people want something you have or to meet you, often because of your popularity or success.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈbit/ /ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈpæθ/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ/ /ˈjɔɹ/, /ˈjʊɹ/ /ˈdɔɹ
British English
bˈiːt/ /æɪ/ [pʰäːθ] /tˈuː/ /jˈɔː/ /dˈɔː
Simplified Pronunciation
US
BEET-uh-path-tuh-YOOR-dor
UK
BEET-uh-path-too-YAW-daw
Listen in Context
If you sell the best coffee in town, people will beat a path to your door.
Inventors hope that people will beat a path to their door when they create something new.
Once the shop became famous, customers began to beat a path to its door.
Start offering free donuts and the whole office will beat a path to your door.