: 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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From door-to-door Pack Horse Libraries and Bookmobiles to nurses on horseback, Appalachia has a rich history of community care and resilience. Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 3 May 2025 The six of them went door-to-door, coast-to-coast to pitch natural food stores firsthand. Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025 Officers have conducted door-to-door inquiries to seek further information from witnesses. Henrik Pettersson, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025 Not that Canada’s most prolific and divisive auteur has been going door-to-door to shock this whole time. A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 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 May. 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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