knock on doors
idiom
: to go to each house or apartment in an area to talk with the people who live there
Campaign workers have been knocking on doors throughout the neighborhood.
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Saba said that the left needs to pour its energy into organizing, urging people to run for office and knock on doors.
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Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
Canvassers with a political arm of Planned Parenthood gather before dispersing to knock on doors in North Carolina.
—Bracey Harris, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2024
Most readers said teenagers ages 13-15 were too old to knock on doors, while others expressed that age is just a number if visitors are costumed.
—Kim Bojórquez, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
Many Californians are heading to the nearby swing states of Arizona and Nevada to knock on doors for Harris.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
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Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
Canvassers with a political arm of Planned Parenthood gather before dispersing to knock on doors in North Carolina.
—Bracey Harris, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2024
Most readers said teenagers ages 13-15 were too old to knock on doors, while others expressed that age is just a number if visitors are costumed.
—Kim Bojórquez, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
Many Californians are heading to the nearby swing states of Arizona and Nevada to knock on doors for Harris.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Knock on doors.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knock%20on%20doors. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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