adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Going from house to house, when selling, delivering or asking for something. not-comparable
2. 2
   Sent or delivered from a store or factory directly to a house. not-comparable

   "They must secure a higher share of the consumer goods which require transport not from siding-to-siding, but door-to-door."

Adjective

1. 1
   omitting no one; from the door of one house to that of the next wordnet
2. 2
   (of e.g. journeys or deliveries) direct from point of origin to point of destination wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

house-to-house

Example

More examples

"A certain door-to-door salesman made a fool of a trusting old lady and went off with a lot of her money."

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