DOORSTEP Definition & Meaning

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doorstep

[ dawr-step, dohr- ]

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noun

a step or one of a series of steps leading from the ground to a door.
British Slang. a thick slice of bread.

doorstep

/ ˈ��ɔːˌ��ɛ�� /

noun

a step in front of a door
on one's doorstep
very close or accessible
informal.
a thick slice of bread

verb

to canvass (a district) or interview (a member of the public) by or in the course of door-to-door visiting
(of a journalist) to wait outside the house of (someone) to obtain an interview, photograph, etc when he or she emerges

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of doorstep¹

First recorded in 1800–10; door + step

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Idioms and Phrases

see under at one's door (on one's doorstep) .

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Armed with a stack of handmade business cards, I went door to door in our suburban Chicago cul-de-sac, pitching the neighbors: “Would you like fresh-baked cookies delivered to your doorstep every Saturday morning?”

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He said universities could do more "to attract those students who are on their doorstep and be competitive not only at a Welsh level but at an UK level".

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While most of those present were sympathetic to the need to fix the welfare system, attendees were more focussed on how, politically, the reforms could be sold on the doorstep.

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As long as misery isn’t banging on your doorstep, everything’s laughable and nothing matters.

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"Its incredible to imagine that happened right on our doorstep," she said.

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