door-to-door
- adjective
- /ˈdɔr tə ˈdɔr/
- The volunteers planned to canvass the neighborhood, going door-to-door to raise awareness about the upcoming election.
- go door-to-door
- sell door-to-door
- door-to-door salesman
His real day job is still doing door to door sales.
- His real day job is still doing door to door sales.
- OK, what I've had it with is door to door solicitations for services.
- So then if we have this woman cooking these eggs and then maybe there's a knock at the door and it's some, you know, some door to door salesman that so we think.
Examples
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We sell magazines door-to-door, being friendly.
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Team Awesome began as a group of young people in Phoenix going door-to-door to register voters.
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Think of the money we can make going door to door selling these things.
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It's just a guy going door to door selling pool cleaner.
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Maybe your fundraising idea will be to sell from door to door.
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She started selling her own hair care products door to door.
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Community health workers go door to door, rescuing people from chains and providing them mental health support that they need.
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I sell Persian rugs door to door.
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Yeah, he invented a new product and now he's going to go travel door-to-door selling it.
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Fidelis is the most successful door-to-door salesman in Small Town, USA.
Synonyms
Visiting every house in an area one by one to search or ask questions
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Etymology
Door-to-door comes from the simple idea of moving from one door to the next, literally 'from house to house'. So a door-to-door visit means people go to each home to sell things, ask questions, or give help.