knock on doors
idiom
: to go to each house or apartment in an area to talk with the people who live there
Campaign workers have been knocking on doors throughout the neighborhood.
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Check out public areas and the state’s walk-in access program (Public Lands Open to Sportsmen, or PLOTS), and don’t be afraid to knock on doors.
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Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 30 July 2025
The City Council voted 7-0 June 10 to approve an ordinance to reduce the latest time in which peddlers and solicitors can knock on doors, ring doorbells or otherwise try to get admittance at residences from 9 p.m.
Gayatri Agnew, Ward 1 City Council member, abstained from voting.
—Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 20 June 2025
Reports are circulating of an active campaign in which threat actors knock on doors, pretending to be from a bank, and actually request a PIN number in person on the doorstep.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
This time, in addition to the $1 million checks, Musk offered to pay $20 to anyone who signed up on his group’s site to knock on doors for Schimel and posted a photo of themselves as proof.
—Nicholas Riccardi, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
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Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 30 July 2025
The City Council voted 7-0 June 10 to approve an ordinance to reduce the latest time in which peddlers and solicitors can knock on doors, ring doorbells or otherwise try to get admittance at residences from 9 p.m.
Gayatri Agnew, Ward 1 City Council member, abstained from voting.
—Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 20 June 2025
Reports are circulating of an active campaign in which threat actors knock on doors, pretending to be from a bank, and actually request a PIN number in person on the doorstep.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
This time, in addition to the $1 million checks, Musk offered to pay $20 to anyone who signed up on his group’s site to knock on doors for Schimel and posted a photo of themselves as proof.
—Nicholas Riccardi, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Knock on doors.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knock%20on%20doors. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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