: going or made by going to each house in a neighborhood
door-to-door salespeople
a door-to-door canvass
door-to-door adverb

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There were more details over the sessions about the pilot projects for door-to-door collection of textile waste underway in Navi Mumbai and Bangalore, as well as the fact that the conclave in Panipat in Northern India had strengthened and was working its way towards finding more solutions. Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 4 Mar. 2025 After going door-to-door with the pet and failing to locate a potential owner, the rescuers determined that the dog was a stray and placed him for adoption. Rachel McRady, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025 Additionally, the agency will apparently go door-to-door and issue warning letters to suspects identified through Operation Cumberland or any future probe. Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025 Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, playing door-to-door Christmas-tree salesmen in sunny Los Angeles, battle an angry would-be customer. Heather Kathryn Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for door-to-door

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of door-to-door was in 1902

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“Door-to-door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/door-to-door. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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door-to-door

adjective
ˌdōrt-ə-ˈdō(ə)r,
ˌdȯrt-ə-ˈdȯ(ə)r
: being or making a call (as to sell something) at every house in an area
door-to-door adverb
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