door-to-door

[ dawr-tuh-dawr, dohr-tuh-dohr ]

/ ˈdɔr təˈdɔr, ˈdoʊr təˈdoʊr /

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adjective

calling, selling, canvassing, etc., at each house or apartment in an area, town, or the like: a door-to-door poll.

sent direct from the point of pickup to the point of delivery, as a shipment or order of merchandise.

covering the complete route of a door-to-door shipment, delivery, etc.: door-to-door carrying charges; door-to-door insurance.

adverb

in a door-to-door manner.

Origin of door-to-door

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby door-to-door

doorsill, doorstead, doorstep, doorstone, doorstop, door-to-door, doorway, doorwoman, dooryard, doosra, do out

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Example sentences from the Web for door-to-door

That makes voter registration and door-to-door campaigning more important than ever.
Scots Must Choose Heart or Head|Nico Hines|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Her father lost his job at an opera company because he was Jewish, and had to find work as a door-to-door salesman.
Nazis’ ‘Perfect Aryan’ Child Was Jewish|The Telegraph|July 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And he would go out in this suit like a door-to-door salesman, and basically walked around Boston.
Is Tim Armstrong the Lazarus of Aol.?|Lloyd Grove|December 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The World Health Organization (WHO) will pay for the door-to-door vaccination program.
U.N. Prepares for Regional Polio Outbreak in Syria and Lebanon|Josh Rogin|October 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST

A big section of Watertown was cordoned off and police began a methodical, door-to-door, nerve-straining search.
Boston Suspects Tamerlan & Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, From Boxing to Bombs|Michael Daly|April 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Gracious, you wouldn't have to sell from door-to-door, would you?
Junior Achievement|William Lee
They manufacture simple compositions like polishing waxes and sell them from door-to-door.
Junior Achievement|William Lee
Just before the battle of Cerro Gordo there was a door-to-door canvass at Mexico; but only small sums can have been picked up.
The War With Mexico, Volume II (of 2)|Justin H. Smith

British Dictionary definitions for door-to-door

door to door

adjective, adverb (door-to-door when prenominal)

(of selling, canvassing, etc) from one house to the next

(of journeys, deliveries, etc) direct

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