doorstep

doorstep
[[t]dɔ͟ː(r)step[/t]]
doorsteps, doorstepping, doorstepped
1) N-COUNT A doorstep is a step in front of a door on the outside of a building.
2) VERB (disapproval) When journalists doorstep someone, they go to their home and try to get an interview or photographs, even when the person does not want to talk to them. [BRIT]

[V n] The newspaper contacted his grandmother to trace his present address, and later doorstepped him at his home.

3) PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v If a place is on your doorstep, it is very near to where you live. If something happens on your doorstep, it happens very close to where you live.

It is all too easy to lose sight of what is happening on our own doorstep...

They have to put up with a giant oil refinery right on their doorstep.

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  • Doorstep — Door step , n. The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • doorstep — 1810, from DOOR (Cf. door) + STEP (Cf. step) (n.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • doorstep — ► NOUN 1) a step leading up to the outer door of a house. 2) Brit. informal a thick sandwich or slice. ► VERB (doorstepped, doorstepping) Brit. informal 1) (of a journalist) wait uninvited outside the home of (someone) for an interview or… …   English terms dictionary

  • doorstep — [dôr′step΄] n. a step that leads from an outer door to a path, lawn, etc …   English World dictionary

  • doorstep — door|step1 [ˈdo:step US ˈdo:r ] n 1.) a step just outside a door to a house or building on the doorstep ▪ He stood on the doorstep , straightening his tie. ▪ the front doorstep 2.) on sb s/the doorstep a) very near someone s home ▪ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • doorstep — I UK [ˈdɔː(r)ˌstep] / US [ˈdɔrˌstep] noun [countable] Word forms doorstep : singular doorstep plural doorsteps 1) a small step outside the main door to a house or other building 2) British informal a very thick sandwich or piece of bread • on… …   English dictionary

  • doorstep — 1. noun a) Step of a door. The threshold of a doorway. On ones doorstep. b) Ones 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 …   Wiktionary

  • doorstep — door|step [ dɔr,step ] noun count a small step outside the main door to a house or building on your doorstep very close to where you live: You re lucky to have the school right on your doorstep …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • doorstep —    1. to abandon a baby    In the days when there was a stigma attached to unmarried woman having babies and little help for them if they did, the baby might be left on the doorstep of a prosperous house, the mother ringing a bell and then… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • doorstep — 1 noun (C) 1 a step just outside a door to a house or building 2 on your doorstep very near to where you live or are staying: Wow! You ve got the beach right on your doorstep! 3 BrE informal a very thick piece of bread cut from a loaf 2 verb (I)… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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