at one's door

Idioms  

1. Also, on one's doorstep. Very nearby, as in The bus stop was practically on our doorstep, or The Mexican currency crisis is literally at our door. [Early 1900s] Also see lay at someone's door.

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at one's door

It was so easy to dispose of a cargo of tobacco and receive at one's door in return delivery of a neat London sofa, greatcoat, or a coach and harness.

From Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria by Gay Montague Moore

About 10.30 A.M. a War Office messenger, wearing a hunted look on his face, would appear at one's door.

From Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 by Sir C. E. (Charles Edward) Callwell

It was a privilege to be taken up by the Latham car after school and set down at one's door; and Stella distributed such favors with no lack of shrewdness.

From Janice Day the Young Homemaker by Helen Beecher Long

Not Christmas, that in London brings everybody with or without excuse begging at one's door, could induce her to present herself.

From Our House And London out of Our Windows by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

It is a subtle compliment to have book agents and tramps frequently at one's door.

From The River and I by John G. Neihardt