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

Examples of door-to-door in a Sentence

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Judy Dimon, wife of JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, went door-to-door canvassing in Michigan for Vice President Kamala Harris. Alexa Mikhail, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024 Pakistan Polio Campaign Targeted The police chief in Mastung, Rehmat Ullah, said a police van was attacked on its way to a health center to escort polio workers for the door-to-door vaccine campaign. Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024 Every Halloween, kids go door-to-door to trick-or-treat and adults don costumes to pass out candy or grab a few drinks. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024 Imagine a self-driving shuttle that works like Uber Pool and gets commuters from home or work to the nearest bus or train station, or even moves them door-to-door in areas without enough demand for traditional bus service. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024 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 23 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

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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