Katie bar the door
Katie, bar the door
A call to ready oneself for imminent danger. Katie, bar the door—trouble's coming!
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Katie bar the door
Prepare immediately for an advancing threat. Katie bar the door, the grandchildren are here and they all look hungry.
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If there's a brisk northeast wind as well,
Katie bar the door. This is no secret, and the dam under a big moon resembles more hand-to-hand combat than fishing.
You could almost hear it: "
Katie bar the door, it's Devil-Mania!"
If the stars of "High School Musical" would help out,
Katie bar the door.
"If this extraordinary legal theory is allowed to go forward, it's '
Katie bar the door' for the manufacturer or retailer of any consumer product if that product's use in a crime might be reasonably foreseen," Delfay said.
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