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
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Examples of doorstep
doorstep
The Lakes are on your doorstep but much of the joy of Lake House is to stay put.
From the telegraph.co.uk
He claimed to have registered a surge in support on the doorstep in recent days.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The solution was to accept cash, or more recently credit cards, at the doorstep.
From the economist.com
The federal agents at his doorstep wanted to make sure no one was spying on him.
From the businessweek.com
China, they said, would consider an American presence on its doorstep untenable.
From the nytimes.com
To find one on their doorstep, delivered for nothing, would have been a godsend.
From the independent.co.uk
Define your future and deliver a world of possibilities, one doorstep at a time.
From the jobview.monster.com
Each group had an allotted ten-minute remonstrance at Japan's official doorstep.
From the economist.com
But this Palestine on Europe's doorstep remains invisible to international eyes.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
- Doorsill: 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
- Doorstepping is a term mainly used in UK media for waiting outside somebody's home for the appearance of a subject of interest, such as a news photographer or journalist waiting for a celebrity or politician, in the hope of an exclusive to sell to the media. ...
- Step of a door. The threshold of a doorway; One's immediate neighbourhood or locality; A big slice of bread; To corner somebody for an unexpected interview
- (Doorstepping) Coloquial term for reporters hanging around someone's doorstep to get their story
