doorstep
IPA: dˈɔrstɛp
noun
- An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home.
- (figuratively) One's immediate neighbourhood or locality.
- (UK, informal) A thick slice, especially of bread.
verb
- (intransitive) To visit one household after another to solicit sales, charitable donations, political support, etc.
- (transitive, journalism) To corner somebody for an unexpected interview.
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Examples of "doorstep" in Sentences
- She encompassed the doorsteps.
- He shot him on the doorstep of his home.
- Your edit of Devils on the Doorstep was good.
- The delights of Napier are literally on your doorstep.
- The doorstep of the lookout is inaccurate and misleading.
- In 1983 he left Club Universidad at the doorstep of the title.
- They bleed to death on the doorstep before the ambulance arrived.
- The episode ends with a family of Grumples arriving at the doorstep.
- The induction ceremony was staged on the doorstep of Commerce Casino.
- The fast was often carried out on the doorstep of the home of the offender.
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