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单词 on one's doorstep
释义

doorstep

noun

door·​step ˈdȯr-ˌstep How to pronounce doorstep (audio)
: a step before an outer door
Phrases
on one's doorstep
: close at hand
especially : too close to be overlooked

Example Sentences

We sat on the doorstep. The police were at my doorstep.
Recent Examples on the Web This gesture reminded me of farmers back in Mississippi who would always show up at our doorstep in summer to gift buckets of extra tomatoes. Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2022 Highland Park’s clampdown survived a legal challenge from a local pediatrician and the Illinois State Rifle Association that ended at the U.S. Supreme Court’s doorstep in 2015 when justices declined to hear the case. Kathleen Foody, Anchorage Daily News, 5 July 2022 Highland Park’s clampdown survived a legal challenge from a local pediatrician and the Illinois State Rifle Association that ended at the US Supreme Court’s doorstep in 2015 when justices declined to hear the case. Dan Simmons, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2022 The Taliban arrived at her doorstep the next day and instructed her father to not allow his daughter to go to the gym. Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022 Either way, you're bound to have a tail-wagging, happy dog once these arrive at your doorstep. Brittany Vanderbill, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2022 And caused white supremacists to show up at my doorstep to terrify my wife and kids. Lindsay Kornick, Fox News, 5 Aug. 2022 Despite that, another stalker claiming to be in love with her appeared at her doorstep just weeks ago after finding her new address — and her mother’s phone number — online. New York Times, 29 July 2022 Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his entire Cabinet are set to resign this week, with outrage over the country’s economic crisis boiling over and protesters at their doorstep — literally. Dylan Butts, NBC News, 11 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1767, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

doorstep

noun

door·​step ˈdȯr-ˌstep How to pronounce doorstep (audio)
: a step or a series of steps in front of an outside door

on one's doorstep

phrase

as in near
at, within, or to a short distance or time Fulfilling a lifelong dream, Paul bought a condo with the beach right on his doorstep.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • near
  • in
  • nearby
  • close
  • around
  • by
  • at close quarters
  • hard
  • at hand
  • within call
  • nigh
  • along
  • hereaway
  • alongside
  • thereabouts
  • hereabouts
  • hereaways
  • handily
  • conveniently
  • thereabout
  • accessibly
  • hereabout
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