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door-to-doorˌdoor-to-ˈdoor adjective [only before noun]   - From Harare come reports of torture centres and door-to-door searches by Zanu thugs.
- I am glad I don't have to work door-to-door.
- Mopping up extra 124% Liz Dolan DOOR-to-door brooms and buckets seller Betterware is cleaning up in the recession.
- More than 100 households will be surveyed in the door-to-door research.
- Salesmen warning DOOR-TO-DOOR salesmen are posing as Fire Brigade representatives to sell potentially lethal fire extinguishers, it has been disclosed.
- Seniors are bombarded with advertisements, phone calls and door-to-door salespeople insisting that living trusts work best for everyone.
- The church visitors were intensely embarrassed shortly after we had agreed to have door-to-door visitation for a forthcoming town mission.
- They will be raising funds through the door-to-door collections.
when the police, a court etc asks someone about a crime► question to ask someone a lot of questions to find out what they know about a crime: · They questioned her for three hours before releasing her.question somebody about something: · The lawyer questioned me about how money was transmitted to Mexico.question somebody closely (=carefully, asking a lot of difficult questions): · After questioning the suspect closely, investigators decided he was not a part of the drug operation. ► interrogate to keep asking a lot of questions for a long time, sometimes using threats, in order to get information: · The police interrogated Waters for 24 hours until he confessed.· Army officers have been accused of using unorthodox methods when interrogating enemy prisoners.interrogate somebody about something: · I was interrogated at length about my conversation with the two men. ► cross-examine also cross-question British if a lawyer cross-examines or cross-questions someone in a law court, they ask them a series of questions about their previous statements in order to find out whether they have been telling the truth: · The first lawyer cross-examined the defendant for over three hours.· When the witness was cross-questioned, it became clear that his earlier testimony was not entirely true. ► carry out door-to-door inquiries British if the police carry out door-to-door inquiries, they go to all the houses in a particular area to ask the people living there what they know about a crime: · Police are carrying out door-to-door inquiries on the Hazelwood Estate. ► be helping police with their inquiries to be formally being asked questions by the police about a crime - used especially in news reports about someone who the police think is guilty of a crime but who has not been officially charged: · A man is helping police with their inquiries after a mother and her young baby were found dead at their home last night. visiting each house in a street or area, usually to sell something, collect money, or ask for votes:  a door-to-door salesman → door to door at door1(7) |