Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To visit one household after another to solicit sales, charitable donations, political support, etc.

  2. (transitive)To corner somebody for an unexpected interview.

Examples

43 sentences

  1. Tom was standing on the doorstep.

    ruТом стоял на пороге. — marafon

    deTom stand vor der Haustür. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Tom's cat was waiting for him on the doorstep.

    ruКот Тома ждал его на пороге. — marafon

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  3. Tom and Mary sat on the doorstep talking to each other.

    deTom und Maria saßen auf der Eingangsstufe und unterhielten sich. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Tom and I sat on the doorstep talking to each other all morning.

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  5. This was on the doorstep.

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Forms

doorsteps, doorstepping, doorstepped, doorstepped
Base formdoorstep · to doorstep
3rd person singulardoorsteps
Present participledoorstepping
Past simpledoorstepped
Past participledoorstepped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydoorstep
he, she, itdoorsteps

Past simpleLesson

all personsdoorstepped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave doorstepped
he, she, ithas doorstepped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill doorstep

Word family

1 related words
Relatedambush journalism

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
doorknobdoormandoornaildoorwayB2dopaminedope

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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