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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People who make deliveries on behalf of Amazon do not routinely knock on doors nor ask customers to sign for packages unless already prearranged, the spokesperson noted. —

Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 15 Jan. 2025 Amazon does not usually knock on doors or ask for a customer’s signature unless it was previously arranged. —

Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025 Without it, Drake said, officers must painstakingly knock on doors when crimes occur to obtain video footage that could help solve cases faster. —

Austin Hornbostel, The Tennessean, 4 Dec. 2024 Schiff was a familiar face to many of the volunteers, who had been bussed in from California by labor unions to knock on doors. —

Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for knock on doors

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