doorstep

[dawr-step, dohr-]

noun

1. a step or one of a series of steps leading from the ground to a door.

2. British Slang.,  a thick slice of bread.

doorstep

/ ˈdɔːˌstɛp /

noun

1. a step in front of a door

2. very close or accessible

3. informal,  a thick slice of bread

verb

1. to canvass (a district) or interview (a member of the public) by or in the course of door-to-door visiting

2. (of a journalist) to wait outside the house of (someone) to obtain an interview, photograph, etc when he or she emerges

Word History and Origins

Origin of doorstep¹

First recorded in 1800–10; door + step

Idioms and Phrases

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

Example Sentences

Others are much more positive, glad to have something they believe in they can sell on the doorstep.

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EUGENE, Ore. — The last time he made it here, to the doorstep of the College Football Playoff, Lincoln Riley could only watch as USC’s hopes slipped away with a single hamstring pull.

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In the clip, two masked men can be seen running onto his doorstep to place the note.

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For, really, what were the odds of finding a letter from the tsar’s own ballet company lying on the doorstep?

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It had been more than ten years since Penelope had been deposited at Swanburne’s doorstep.

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