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doorstep
/ ˈɔːˌɛ /
noun
a step in front of a door
very close or accessible
informala thick slice of bread
verb
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
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
The city of Brooklyn Park was silent on Sunday morning as the neighbourhood came to terms with a suspected political assassination on its doorstep.
"There's this phrase you hear occasionally, that the danger is on our doorstep. Well, it's a big doorstep if that is true… Beijing is closer to Berlin than it is to Sydney."
When I started, I thought it was a problem that was far away, but it's on our doorstep.
"It's a lot closer to home these days. It's on our doorstep."
Now that the tournament on the doorstep, those plans appear to be crumbling.
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