door buster
n.— «Chrysler Motors’ 2.4 annual percentage rate financing is a REAL blockbuster. And it’s a door buster, too, according to reports from Chrysler/ Plymouth and Dodge dealers nationwide. “We almost couldn’t handle the traffic,” said one dealer from Houston. “We had the highest traffic counts in months.”» —“Chrysler’s 2.4% Loan Program A ‘Real Blockbuster’” in Detroit, Mich. PR Newswire Sept. 2, 1986. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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