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[ dawr-step, dohr- ] / ˈdɔrˌstɛp, ˈdoʊr- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR doorstep ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna step or one of a series of steps leading from the ground to a door. British Slang. a thick slice of bread. Origin of doorstepFirst recorded in 1800–10; door + step Words nearby doorstepdoorpost, door prize, Doors, doorsill, doorstead, doorstep, doorstone, doorstop, door-to-door, doorway, doorwoman Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for doorstepOprah, when she came, found a legion of her fans on its doorstep. The Fiery Death of Sotto Sotto, Toronto’s Celebrity Hotspot|Shinan Govani|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST Despite doing nothing to get the man of her dreams, he arrives at her doorstep as if she Ubered the heartthrob. Taylor Swift’s ‘Blank Space’: Hell Hath No Fury Like A Tay-Tay Scorned|Sujay Kumar|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST One morning a few years ago, the editor left his apartment to find an ax stuck into a log on his doorstep. The Kremlin Is Killing Echo of Moscow, Russia’s Last Independent Radio Station|Anna Nemtsova|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST When I reminded him that that could mean hundreds of offspring showing up on his doorstep, he didn't flinch. Today’s Sperm Donor Isn’t a Broke 20-Something|Stephanie Fairyington|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
From their perspective, as long as ISIS sits on Baghdad's doorstep, political change can wait. How Iran and America Can Beat ISIS Together|Ben Van Heuvelen|June 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Could a boy be kidnaped in broad daylight from his own doorstep? Detectives, Inc.|William Heyliger Often I sat upon my doorstep almost ready to scream loudly enough to drown the sad music of the pines. Memories|Fannie A. (Mrs.) Beers Then he advanced, careful not to step on any of the tracks until he reached the doorstep, where it could not be avoided. The Keeper|Henry Beam Piper About this time, going out one winter morning, he found a young girl on the doorstep worn out with cold and hunger. The Life of Mazzini|Bolton King Markelov's old servant, who was sitting on the doorstep, accompanied his former master with his habitual dejected glance. Virgin Soil|Ivan S. Turgenev
British Dictionary definitions for doorstep
nouna step in front of a door on one's doorstep very close or accessible informal a thick slice of bread verb -steps, -stepping or -stepped (tr)to canvass (a district) or interview (a member of the public) by or in the course of door-to-door visiting (of a journalist) to wait outside the house of (someone) to obtain an interview, photograph, etc when he or she emerges Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with doorstep
see under at one's door (on one's doorstep). The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to doorstepstair, brink, verge, run, tread, rest, gradation, rung, notch, round, origin, entrance, door, point, outset, start, edge, vestibule, inception, gate |