doormatdoor‧mat /ˈdɔːmæt $ ˈdɔːr-/ noun [countable] 
Don’t let him treat you like a doormat.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Fiona was determined that she would be nobody's doormat.
- Make sure he doesn't treat you like a doormat.
- A doormat for that bullying old harridan to wipe her feet on.
- If you hadn't been a doormat you wouldn't have been trodden on - that's what doormats are for.
- In a matter of seconds, I went from being the class doormat to class hero.
- Let him realise one thing: she might be poor, but she was nobody's doormat!
- The key is under the doormat.
- There was a letter on the front doormat bearing his name, manually typed.
Longman Language Activatorto be controlled by someone else
· The whole town seems to be under the control of one family.· Almost three thousand troops are under Captain Marsh's control.· Roughly a quarter of the area came under Soviet control.
if you are in someone's power you have to do whatever they want you to do, especially because they have some emotional power over you - used especially in literature: · He'll do whatever I tell him to do. He's completely in my power.
if you are under someone's spell they have almost complete power over how you feel, the way you behave etc especially because you love or admire them very much: · Harry knew that he was in love with Susie, completely under her spell.come/fall under somebody's spell (=start to be under someone's spell): · She loves the company of showbiz personalities, and many have fallen under her spell.
if you are at someone's mercy they have the power to decide whether good or bad things happen to you: · Once in prison, inmates are at the guards' mercy.· Children often find themselves at the mercy of other kids who are older and bigger.to be at the mercy of somebody: · Small firms are completely at the mercy of the banks.
informal someone who lets other people treat them badly and who does not complain or try to change their situation: · Fiona was determined that she would be nobody's doormat.· Make sure he doesn't treat you like a doormat.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Don’t let him treat you like a doormat.
1a piece of material inside or outside a door for you to clean your shoes on2informal someone who lets other people treat them badly and never complains: Don’t let him treat you like a doormat. Don’t let him treat you like a doormat.