: 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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Plus, every ride includes ultra-comfortable, spacious seating and exceptional door-to-door service tailored to your schedule. Lois Alter Mark, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025 Armed with a family recipe and a dream, the then 34-year-old set out walking door-to-door with a briefcase of beer, hoping to convince bar owners and managers to stock the brew. Alice Barlow, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2025 Begin with a door-to-door approach, then expand to include local radio and TV stations. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025 With the cluster mailboxes often found in apartment buildings becoming more common in new subdivisions, many carriers' mail routes don't include door-to-door stops, says Chris Mihm, a retired managing director for strategic issues at the GAO, who tracked the census for decades. Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 10 Mar. 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 8 Apr. 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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