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

At the beginning of the year, some volunteers within Coppell ISD went door-to-door to recruit and keep students in public education. — Lacey Beasley, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

For Jayden Nguyen, a rising senior at Downtown Magnet High School, the door-to-door distribution is a way of honoring his late great-grandfather, who lived in Chinatown and died from COVID during the height of the pandemic. — Melody Xu, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026

In an interview with PEOPLE, Brooks said the interaction came after several days of unusually late visits from door-to-door salespeople in the neighborhood. — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026

Barham campaigned door-to-door style and supplemented that with a series of social media videos. — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 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