: 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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The randomized, door-to-door effort aimed to get 210 people to complete the survey. Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025 Police are conducting door-to-door canvassing and using drones amid the search, McCloud said. Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2025 Search and rescue operations remained ongoing as local authorities continued going door-to-door to find missing victims. Sam Morgen, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025 The tribe's Department of Health and Human Services runs door-to-door campaigns a few times yearly to reduce the tick population. Brittney Melton, NPR, 16 Jan. 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 Feb. 2025.

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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