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doorstep Definition

door·step (-step′)

noun

a step that leads from an outer door to a path, lawn, etc.

doorstep Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • city: This is performance art with a mission to dump state terrorism on the doorsteps of the inner city.
  • town: Poverty was never far from the doorsteps of the other market towns.

Possessives

  • customer: This means it is as fresh as possible when it arrives on the customer's doorstep.
  • people: High volumes of fast traffic lead to traffic hell on people's own doorsteps.
  • someone: You don't want to turn up on someone's doorstep to find they've run off to Spain for the week!
  • everyone: Millenium events are not just happening in the Dome, but can be found on everyone's doorstep, " he said.
  • city: Miss the match The vast expanse of the Black Forest is on the city's doorstep with its lakes, hiking trails and castles.

Adjective modifier

  • own: Here on their own bloody doorstep - People want to picket now.
  • front: There was the parcel sitting on the front doorstep.
  • very: These truths lie on the very doorstep of our holy religion.
  • back: The Highlands in miniature, and on the very back doorstep of the main urban centers of Scotland.

Modifies a noun

  • selling: However, we do publish four: Doorstep selling - know your rights Looking for work at home?
  • lender: On average, a six month loan of £ 100 from a doorstep lender will have a total repayment of £ 160.
  • skiing: Doorstep skiing - the T bar is just outside the window!
  • recycling: Labor has promised a doorstep recycling service to every home by 2010!
  • salesman: I opened the door to find a doorstep salesman there.
  • seller: Q: We sometimes get doorstep sellers calling - how can I prevent this?

Noun used with modifier

  • battlebus: Union battlebus doorsteps BSkyB BECTU is offering advice and recruiting members at BSkyB's Osterley base.
  • hotel: Scottish history can be found both on the hotels doorstep at Huntingtower Castle and within east driving.
  • offering: I want to see every local authority offering doorstep recycling to take advantage of these new markets.
doorstep Quotes

Grab your coat, and get your hat, Leave your worry on the doorstep, Just direct your feet To the sunny side of the street.

—Fields, Dorothy

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