door-to-door

adjective

ˌdȯr-tə-ˈdȯr 

: 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

Recent Examples on the Web

The organization funds door-to-door health services and supports brick-and-mortar health clinics and pharmacies. —Dylan Matthews, Vox, 3 Dec. 2024

This includes workers who started as restaurant hosts, coffee shop employees, motion picture projectionists, amusement attendants, door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, pharmacy aides and telemarketers. —Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024

Luxury Vehicle Transfers Several airlines offer select top-tier customers — usually first-class passengers — door-to-door transfer services at airports in luxury vehicles. —Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2024

But Republicans used billboards, mailers, ads and door-to-door campaigners to drive turnout in Lancaster County, Pa., home base to the nation’s largest Amish settlement. —Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

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