: 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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An evacuation order went out to everyone in city limits early in the morning, with the National Guard going door-to-door to notify residents, but was partially lifted a few hours later. Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025 One recent paper suggests that door-to-door canvassing by the candidate can make a difference to election outcomes. Stuart Soroka, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025 Zarembinski, who has worked as a supervisor at a fiber-optics construction company and as a door-to-door salesman, is looking for work. Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2025 Once the packages were ready, volunteers delivered them door-to-door across Akron, Ohio. Denny Alfonso, New York Times, 27 Nov. 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 15 Dec. 2025.

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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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