door-to-door

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

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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

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How to use door-to-door in a sentence

The Liberian AIDS commission is now going door-to-door to administer antiretroviral medications to known patients.
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The next green IPO will be from Vivint, a Utah-based company that sells solar panels door-to-door.
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That makes voter registration and door-to-door campaigning more important than ever.
Scots Must Choose Heart or Head | Nico Hines | September 18, 2014 | THE 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 | THE DAILY BEAST
In the distance, hugging a T-wall, two Humvees idled door-to-door with their headlights on.
How the Dead Come Home From Afghanistan | Nick Willard | May 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

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.
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Gracious, you wouldn't have to sell from door-to-door, would you?
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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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Other Idioms and Phrases with door-to-door

door-to-door

Calling at each house, apartment, store, etc. in an area, in order to deliver, sell, or ask for something. For example, We were asked to go door to door to collect enough signatures. [c. 1900]

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