never darken his door

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never darken his door = never darken his doorstep

keep away from someone's home permanently.

1988 - Salman Rushdie - The Satanic Verses – They couldn't lock her away in any old folks' home, sent her whole family packing when they dared to suggest it, never darken her doorstep, she told them, cut the whole lot off without a penny or a by your leave.

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