door-to-door

Modifying Another Word

• even: Publishers should think about book clubs, festivals, even door-to-door options could be considered.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• sell: We then see young Clemenza is selling stolen dresses door-to-door for $ 5 a piece.
• collect: Head office is hoping that branches will play a very active part by distributing cards, setting up petition stalls and collecting signatures door-to-door.

Modifies a noun

• salesman: OAP's aside, door-to-door salesman are a real pain in the backside.
• planner: Alternatively, there is a section on the homepage which acts as the first page of the door-to-door journey planner.
• selling: In other words, marketing is not just advertising, nor is it dodgy door-to-door selling.
• seller: Did you ask them for proof of identity which all door-to-door sellers must carry?
• collector: It outlines how the interest rate is set and how repayments are made regularly by door-to-door collectors.
• collection: They have been awarded grants to pilot door-to-door collections for estates in Tottenham.

Used with adjective complement

• go: He started teaching there, going door-to-door, like an ordinary salesman.
• deliver: A separate leaflet offering security advice to private motorists will be delivered door-to-door in central Witham and distributed in car parks.
• sponge: A born achiever, he started his sales career at age 10 selling rubber sponges door-to-door after school to earn pocket money.
• collect: The Festival is free so anyone collecting door-to-door is bogus - say No!
• sell: Some of them hawked their baskets around Buxton and sold door-to-door.
• travel: Salesmen in Unilever uniforms act as mobile advertisements, and by traveling door-to-door develop personal relationships with shopkeepers.