house-to-house
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4.0
- adjective
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puerta a puerta
- The volunteers went from house-to-house, distributing flyers about the upcoming community event.
Do we do some massive house to house money taking and give it to the Jews?
- Do we do some massive house to house money taking and give it to the Jews?
Examples
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And we're just moving from house to house to house as the flight, as the flight gets closer and closer.
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At first, she went from house to house.
Fiction book (2000) -
From house to house, he went searching for his missing daughter.
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So that's like visiting house to house in the town of Blackpool.
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Colombo's men made a house-to-house tour of the neighborhood.
Academic text (2016) -
We are repeating the fact that children in Ireland, at the moment of the famine, had to go from house to house to beg for food.
Academic text (2004) -
I anticipate a major land operation in Gaza, perhaps even including house-to-house searches for materiel.
Blog text (2) -
State and local police are patrolling the debris fields and conducting house-to-house searches for bodies, shutting off gas mains, identifying downed power lines, etc.
Blog text (14) -
During the campaign, they engaged in house-to-house canvassing to inform residents about the new recycling program.
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The charity organized a house-to-house survey to collect information about local families in need.
Synonyms
18
3.5
Visiting each house in an area to sell things, ask questions, or give a service
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word house-to-house is a simple compound made from house + 'to' + house, so it literally means 'from one house to the next'. Think of door-to-door, a similar phrase, to remember it: it describes going around every house to search, give information, or collect votes.