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door-to-door

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

calling, selling, canvassing, etc., at each house or apartment in an area, town, or the like:
a door-to-door poll.
sent direct from the point of pickup to the point of delivery, as a shipment or order of merchandise.
covering the complete route of a door-to-door shipment, delivery, etc.:
door-to-door carrying charges; door-to-door insurance.

door to door

First recorded in 1900–05

The Liberian AIDS commission is now going door-to-door to administer antiretroviral medications to known patients.

The next green IPO will be from Vivint, a Utah-based company that sells solar panels door-to-door.

That makes voter registration and door-to-door campaigning more important than ever.

Her father lost his job at an opera company because he was Jewish, and had to find work as a door-to-door salesman.

In the distance, hugging a T-wall, two Humvees idled door-to-door with their headlights on.

They manufacture simple compositions like polishing waxes and sell them from door-to-door.

Just before the battle of Cerro Gordo there was a door-to-door canvass at Mexico; but only small sums can have been picked up.

Gracious, you wouldn't have to sell from door-to-door, would you?

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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