door-to-door
door-to-door
Definition
☆ door·-to-door (-tə dôr′)
adjective, adverb
from one home to the next, calling on each in turn door-to-door selling
door-to-door
Usage Examples
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.
