on someone's doorstep
Very nearby.
With ample supplies of these masks available and a more transmissible variant on our doorstep, there has never been a better time to up your mask game. I encourage people to go out
doorstep
/ˈdɔː(ɹ)stɛp/
noun 3verb 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
left, old, right
VERB + DOORSTEP
appear, approach, crossed, isn't, lies, meet, sat, standing
DOORSTEP + NOUN
i'm, muslim
PREP.
about, across, from, in, on, onto, up
Definitions
noun
1
An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home.
Ailie was standing by the doorstep as he came down the road, and her heart stood still with joy.
With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.
2
One's immediate neighbourhood or locality.
They want to build the prison right on our doorstep; it will only be half a mile away and being that close scares me.
As a Hitchin signalman once pointed out to me, when a regulating quandary arises concerning a fast-moving Class A train there is no time to consult Control and get their answer before the express is on one's doorstep.
3
A thick slice, especially of bread.
I cut myself a doorstep of bread with masses of butter and went along to see Romanov while I was eating it.
verb
1
To visit one household after another to solicit sales, charitable donations, political support, etc.
2
To corner somebody for an unexpected interview.
Throughout her time in journalism, she doorstepped politicians, the child of a politician, crime victims, armed robbers, murderers, suspected murderers...
Surprisingly few people refused to talk, even those I doorstepped or telephoned out of the blue.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the sill of a door
- doorsill
- threshold
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Ailie was standing by the doorstep as he came down the road, and her heart stood still with joy.
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With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze
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The narrow streets that twist and turn through the compact heart of Dent are surfaced with cobbles which, in the absence of pavements, spread right across from doorstep to doorstep.
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Throughout her time in journalism, she doorstepped politicians, the child of a politician, crime victims, armed robbers, murderers, suspected murderers...
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Surprisingly few people refused to talk, even those I doorstepped or telephoned out of the blue.
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Looking out of the window, I saw a stranger at the doorstep.
Tatoeba · #274182Usage Notes
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In some senses, doorstep is marked as figuratively, informal, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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