doorstep

Plural: doorsteps

Noun

• A step, often made of stone, leading up to a door.
• the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway
• An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home.
• One's immediate neighbourhood or locality.
• A thick slice, especially of bread.

Verb

• To visit one household after another to solicit sales, charitable donations, political support, etc.
• To corner somebody for an unexpected interview.

Examples

• He left his highest scoring words on the doorstep of the triple word score.
• They want to build the prison right on our doorstep; it will only be half a mile away and being that close scares me.

Synonyms

doorsill, threshold

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