house-to-house
He believes in old-fashioned political campaigning: door-to-door canvassing and telephone calls to potential voters.
The garment was invented by an American door-to-door saleswoman in 1998.
I am not what people might expect from a door-to-door salesperson.
They did a door-to-door opinion poll of 400 people.
They used to rely on mail order and door to door sales.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Visiting
attraction
beard the lion (in his/her den)idiom
been
call (in) on someone
call by
exchange
happen along/by (somewhere)
haunt
have access to someone/something
homestay
house-to-house
pay
pop
regular
round
stay
stomping ground
stop by (somewhere)
stop in
stop off somewhere
door-to-door
adverb
(alsodoor to door)uk /ˌdɔː.təˈdɔːr/ us /ˌdɔːr.t̬əˈdɔːr/
in a way that involves going to all the houses or buildings in an area one after another:
He used to sell encyclopedias door-to-door.
They went door-to-door asking if anyone had seen the man.
We go door to door talking to parents about education.
They offered her a job selling subscriptions door-to-door.
He urged his supporters to go door to door, house to house to register voters.
She does not send any direct mail or campaign door-to-door.
Notices informing residents about the change were delivered door to door.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Visiting
attraction
beard the lion (in his/her den)idiom
been
call (in) on someone
call by
exchange
happen along/by (somewhere)
haunt
have access to someone/something
homestay
house-to-house
pay
pop
regular
round
stay
stomping ground
stop by (somewhere)
stop in
stop off somewhere

door to door | American Dictionary

door to door

idiom
from the beginning of a trip to the end:
The trip takes an hour door to door.
 door to door
If you go door to door you stop at or go to every house:
Harris went door to door during the campaign, visiting with voters.

door to door | Business English

door to door
adverb
ukus
MARKETING
from one house or building to the next:
go/sell/campaign door to door
COMMERCE
from the factory directly to a customer's home:
Call toll-free to have your order delivered direct door to door.
door-to-door
adjective[ before noun ]
uk /ˌdɔːtəˈdɔːr/us
MARKETING
going from one house or building to the next in order to sell or ask something:
a door-to-door survey of 1,500 residents
door-to-door sales/salesperson/salesman
COMMERCE
delivered from the factory directly to a customer's home:
Instead of offering door-to-door delivery, the firm wants to persuade customers to pick up their purchases.

Examples of door-to-door

door-to-door
Towards an ecology of retail financial services : understanding the persistence of door-to-door credit and insurance providers.
The same strategies are also adopted by other selling personnel, such as insurance or other door-to-door salespeople.
Information was gathered via discussions, questionnaires, visits, door-to-door visiting and community events.
The obvious one is the three-day cooling-off period for door-to-door sales.
The greater cost was the time spent on door-to-door campaigning, and participation in blocking roads and other physical efforts.
Old-fashioned door-to-door peddling was also given scope for expansion.
It is available at any hour, provides door-to-door transport, and is a symbol of independence and autonomy (within limitations of cost).
It enlisted the help of thousands of labourers and dealers, making them into an army of door-to-door salesmen for the programme.
Non-replies were pursued by two further letters and by door-to-door visits.
The door-to-door canvassing was co-ordinated by a research institute within the university.
Some rag pickers undertake door-to-door collection of recyclable materials like paper and bottles, while others collect the same from waste bins, collection centers, and dumpsites.
However, it is not logistically viable for door-to-door canvassing where walking routes must be devised.
The second proposed solution might have proved useful to the co-ordination of door-to-door canvassing, given the resource-intensive nature of this process.
Respondents were interviewed face-to-face by two trained field investigators via a door-to-door contact strategy.
The government claimed that over 80 educational seminars covering all the regions of the country and door-to-door educational visits to over 4,000 traders had been organised.
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