door to door
Adverb
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Adverb
door to door (not comparable)
- (by metonymy) From one household or business to the next.
- He carried the petition door to door, collecting signatures.
- ''He sold magazine subscriptions at inflated prices door to door.
- Selling door to door is the best training - and test - for a new salesman.
- (by metonymy) From ultimate origin to ultimate destination.
- The trip takes sixteen hours door to door.
- (by further extension) From shipper to recipient.
- The express company could only handle shipments door to door on the West Coast, needing others to reach the rest of the country.
- French: porte à porte
- German: von Tür zu Tür
- Italian: porta a porta
- Portuguese: de porta em porta
- Russian: покварти́рно
- Spanish: de puerta en puerta
- French: porte à porte
- German: von Tür zu Tür
- Portuguese: porta a porta
- Russian: от две́ри к две́ри
- Portuguese: porta a porta
- Russian: сквозно́й
door to door (comparative head=door to door)
- Alternative spelling of door-to-door
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