door-to-door

[dawr-tuh-dawr, dohr-tuh-dohr]

door-to-door

[dawr-tuh-dawr, dohr-tuh-dohr]
adjective
1.
calling, selling, canvassing, etc., at each house or apartment in an area, town, or the like: a door-to-door poll.
2.
sent direct from the point of pickup to the point of delivery, as a shipment or order of merchandise.
3.
covering the complete route of a door-to-door shipment, delivery, etc.: door-to-door carrying charges; door-to-door insurance.
adverb
4.
in a door-to-door manner.

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Origin:
1900–05
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door-to-door

adjective
1. (of e.g. journeys or deliveries) direct from point of origin to point of destination ; "the limousine offers door-to-door service" 
2. omitting no one; from the door of one house to that of the next; "a door-to-door campaign"; "house-to-house coverage" 
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