doorstep
Origin of doorstep
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How to use doorstep in a sentence
This southern Illinois sits on the back doorstep as poor as Job’s turkey, as beautiful as redbud trees in spring.
A day’s drive from Chicago, exploring a very different Illinois | Carson Vaughan | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostOnce word gets out that a British man is interested in buying bichos, villagers start showing up at his doorstep like UPS drivers.
In ‘The Whispering Land,’ a British naturalist collects travel tales — and animals with tails — in Argentina | Andrea Sachs | February 4, 2021 | Washington PostAs its name suggests, Try the World brings all of those goodies from around the globe straight to your doorstep.
Gift Guide: Last-minute subscriptions to keep the gifts going all year | Greg Kumparak | December 23, 2020 | TechCrunchTime is precious—buy yourself some more of itWe can send messages anywhere in the world instantly, travel across oceans in a matter of hours, and get almost anything we can dream of hand-delivered to our doorsteps within days.
Available for patients of all ages, tests are sent out via FedEx and arrive on doorsteps within 48 hours of ordering.
How Hawaii’s COVID-19 testing program could serve as the blueprint for a broader reopening of international travel | Rachel King | December 20, 2020 | Fortune
Oprah, when she came, found a legion of her fans on its doorstep.
The Fiery Death of Sotto Sotto, Toronto’s Celebrity Hotspot | Shinan Govani | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDespite doing nothing to get the man of her dreams, he arrives at her doorstep as if she Ubered the heartthrob.
Taylor Swift’s ‘Blank Space’: Hell Hath No Fury Like A Tay-Tay Scorned | Sujay Kumar | November 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne morning a few years ago, the editor left his apartment to find an ax stuck into a log on his doorstep.
The Kremlin Is Killing Echo of Moscow, Russia’s Last Independent Radio Station | Anna Nemtsova | November 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen I reminded him that that could mean hundreds of offspring showing up on his doorstep, he didn't flinch.
Today’s Sperm Donor Isn’t a Broke 20-Something | Stephanie Fairyington | September 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFrom their perspective, as long as ISIS sits on Baghdad's doorstep, political change can wait.
A girl came out of lawyer Royall's house, at the end of the one street of North Dormer, and stood on the doorstep.
Summer | Edith WhartonFor a while he raged like a flame upon the doorstep, but he was no match for his vigorous opponent.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaOn the doorstep stood the little seamstress ready to cast a handful of dried peas.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaAs for Ren, he sat on the single doorstep and whittled pegs on which to hang his rifle inside the door.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts RinehartThe first of them greeted Sara Lee one morning as she stood on her doorstep in the early sun.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts Rinehart
British Dictionary definitions for doorstep
/ (ˈdɔːˌstɛp) /
a step in front of a door
on one's doorstep very close or accessible
informal a thick slice of bread
to canvass (a district) or interview (a member of the public) by or in the course of door-to-door visiting
(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
see under at one's door (on one's doorstep).
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