doorstep

[ dawr-step, dohr- ]
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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.

Origin of doorstep

1
First recorded in 1800–10; door + step

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British Dictionary definitions for doorstep

doorstep

/ (ˈdɔːˌstɛp) /


noun
  1. a step in front of a door

  2. on one's doorstep very close or accessible

  1. informal a thick slice of bread

verb-steps, -stepping or -stepped (tr)
  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

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Other Idioms and Phrases with doorstep

doorstep

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

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