door-to-door

adjective

ˌdȯr-tə-ˈdȯr 

: 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

Recent Examples on the Web

Not that the type of people staying here are worried about getting anywhere; this is the private car and driver, door-to-door service type of clientele. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Today, a door-to-door car charter to and from the Qianhai Sam’s Club costs 540 Hong Kong dollars ($69) on the travel platform Klook. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026

The Front Range Passenger Rail line will not provide the same door-to-door access and timing flexibility of cars and will duplicate services like buses or shuttles, opponents say. — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2026

Parents created petitions and public Facebook groups, walked door-to-door in their neighborhoods and organized meetings to try to save their schools. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for door-to-door

• albacore
• alongshore
• antiwar
• anymore
• carnivore
• commodore
• dinosaur
• evermore
• furthermore
• guarantor
• herbivore
• heretofore

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