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doorstep

[ dawr-step, dohr- ]

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noun

a step or one of a series of steps leading from the ground to a door.
British Slang. a thick slice of bread.

doorstep

/ ˈ��ɔːˌ��ɛ�� /

noun

a step in front of a door
on one's doorstep
very close or accessible
informal.
a thick slice of bread

verb

to canvass (a district) or interview (a member of the public) by or in the course of door-to-door visiting
(of a journalist) to wait outside the house of (someone) to obtain an interview, photograph, etc when he or she emerges

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Word History and Origins

Origin of doorstep¹

First recorded in 1800–10; door + step

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Idioms and Phrases

see under at one's door (on one's doorstep) .

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"So it remains shocking, the wealth of these churches around us and the poverty of the people sleeping on their doorsteps."

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Neither of them knows what has brought the feud to their doorstep.

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He poured in millions of marketing dollars, opening Ola showrooms across India, even delivering scooters at the doorstep of people who'd made online bookings.

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"A lot of the time, public bodies take the big events that happen on their doorsteps for granted. They assume they're always going to be there and post covid we can assume nothing."

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Meanwhile, as he battled cancer, he contracted COVID, which, he says, left him “on death’s doorstep.”

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