: 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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Safe and Sound helps neighbors go door-to-door requesting petition signatures, said Travis Hope, one of Safe and Sound’s neighborhood organizers. Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 30 July 2025 Researchers found security vulnerabilities in door-to-door luggage service Airportr that would enable hackers to access users’ flight itineraries and personal information. Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025 The city of Detroit will help tenants set up the escrow accounts and is expected to go door-to-door informing tenants of next steps and directions. Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 25 July 2025 Police dispatched bloodhounds, helicopters and officers who, along with neighborhood residents, went door-to-door searching for clues about where Etan went. Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 22 July 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 7 Aug. 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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