door-to-door
[ dawr-tuh-dawr, dohr-tuh-dohr ]
/ ˈdɔr təˈdɔr, ˈdoʊr təˈdoʊr /
adjective
calling, selling, canvassing, etc., at each house or apartment in an area, town, or the like: a door-to-door poll.
sent direct from the point of pickup to the point of delivery, as a shipment or order of merchandise.
covering the complete route of a door-to-door shipment, delivery, etc.: door-to-door carrying charges; door-to-door insurance.
adverb
in a door-to-door manner.
Origin of door-to-door
First recorded in 1900–05
Words nearby door-to-door
door opener,
door peninsula,
door prize,
door to door,
door-key child,
door-to-door,
doorbell,
doorbrand,
doorbuster,
doorcase,
doorframe
British Dictionary definitions for door to door
door to door
adjective, adverb (door-to-door when prenominal)
(of selling, canvassing, etc) from one house to the next
(of journeys, deliveries, etc) direct
Idioms and Phrases with door to door
door to door
Calling at each house, apartment, store, etc. in an area, in order to deliver, sell, or ask for something. For example, We were asked to go door to door to collect enough signatures. [c. 1900]
Sent from a place of origin or pickup to a place of delivery. For example, They quoted me a price for door to door, as well as a lower one if I would pick up the goods myself. This usage is nearly always applied to a shipment of merchandise.