noun
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a step in front of a door
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very close or accessible
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informal a thick slice of bread
verb
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to canvass (a district) or interview (a member of the public) by or in the course of door-to-door visiting
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(of a journalist) to wait outside the house of (someone) to obtain an interview, photograph, etc when he or she emerges
Etymology
Origin of doorstep
Example Sentences
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The residents of Makerfield are about to find themselves at the epicentre of the political universe as a by-election battle that could decide the next prime minister is set to take place on their doorstep.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
"I think there’s now a responsibility on the cabinet to talk to Keir and to recognise, as they obviously are picking up on the doorstep, that this can’t carry on forever," he told BBC Radio.
From Barron's • May 9, 2026
He’s a coach who just took his team to the doorstep of a championship, who’s lifted New England back into the conversation after a brief period of irrelevance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
People left flowers on his doorstep and sent his family notes of sympathy and solidarity.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026
She studied me with an extra, bemused curiosity, as if trying to place where I came from and how precisely I’d landed on her doorstep.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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