housecall
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1VERB + HOUSECALL
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noun
Alternative spelling of house call.
verb
To go from house to house, visiting people and trying to persuade them to a cause, especially on behalf of a labor union; to doorknock.
Overcoming racial and ethnic divisions starts by asking each other questions, housecalling together, going to events together— the practical experiences of building a union.
So I started housecalling myself. The door always opened. I went around housecalling for five months in Charlotte and the surrounding rural area.
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3Overcoming racial and ethnic divisions starts by asking each other questions, housecalling together, going to events together— the practical experiences of building a union.
WiktionarySo I started housecalling myself. The door always opened. I went around housecalling for five months in Charlotte and the surrounding rural area.
WiktionaryI was assigned to housecall them, and I told the lead organizer that I was a lesbian and asked if that would be a problem, would my sexuality become a dividing issue on the campaign.
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