: 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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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 There were more details over the sessions about the pilot projects for door-to-door collection of textile waste underway in Navi Mumbai and Bangalore, as well as the fact that the conclave in Panipat in Northern India had strengthened and was working its way towards finding more solutions. Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 4 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 1 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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