Doorstep
noun
The step in front of a door outside a house or a building.
Please leave the package on my doorstep.
Often appears as...
- on the doorstep
- at the doorstep
noun
The area immediately near something or the beginning of an activity.
You have the world's biggest market at your doorstep.
Often appears as...
- on the doorstep of
- at your doorstep
Usage tips
Approving
noun
A very thick slice of bread.
I love a doorstep sandwich with bacon and egg.
Often appears as...
- doorstep sandwich
- slice of doorstep
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A doorstep interview is one that is not planned, where a reporter waits outside someone's house or office.
The politician refused to give a doorstep interview.
Often appears as...
- doorstep interview
- give a doorstep
noun
The step in front of a door outside a house or a building.
Please leave the package on my doorstep.
Often appears as...
- on the doorstep
- at the doorstep
noun
The area immediately near something or the beginning of an activity.
You have the world's biggest market at your doorstep.
Often appears as...
- on the doorstep of
- at your doorstep
Usage tips
Approving
noun
A very thick slice of bread.
I love a doorstep sandwich with bacon and egg.
Often appears as...
- doorstep sandwich
- slice of doorstep
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A doorstep interview is one that is not planned, where a reporter waits outside someone's house or office.
The politician refused to give a doorstep interview.
Often appears as...
- doorstep interview
- give a doorstep
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Location
Refers to the actual step before entering a place, often used literally.
She waited patiently on the doorstep for her friend to answer the door.
Pro Tip 2/3Delivery Spot
Commonly mentioned in delivery instructions, indicating where to leave items.
The courier texted to confirm the package was left on the doorstep.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphor for Start
Used metaphorically to suggest a starting point or an opportunity for action.
With the new year, a new adventure awaited at his doorstep.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Location
Refers to the actual step before entering a place, often used literally.
She waited patiently on the doorstep for her friend to answer the door.
Pro Tip 2/3Delivery Spot
Commonly mentioned in delivery instructions, indicating where to leave items.
The courier texted to confirm the package was left on the doorstep.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphor for Start
Used metaphorically to suggest a starting point or an opportunity for action.
With the new year, a new adventure awaited at his doorstep.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Location
Refers to the actual step before entering a place, often used literally.
She waited patiently on the doorstep for her friend to answer the door.
Pro Tip 2/3Delivery Spot
Commonly mentioned in delivery instructions, indicating where to leave items.
The courier texted to confirm the package was left on the doorstep.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphor for Start
Used metaphorically to suggest a starting point or an opportunity for action.
With the new year, a new adventure awaited at his doorstep.
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How fake handbags fund...
But what our counterfeit polo shirt seller certainly didn't realize is that everything I'd seen and heard would result in a dawn raid on his house, him being woken out of bed by eight men on his doorstep and all his product seized. But this would reveal that he was just a pawn
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The Water Crisis PIPE...
my work takes me all around the world to study how fishing communities deal with environmental challenges like pollution and climate change but now i'm investigating a major ecosystem that's under threat right on my own doorstep the san francisco bay
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The beauty of being a...
the dream of becoming a writer came right to my doorstep. Actually, it came to my mailbox in the form of a letter that said I'd won a giant literary prize for a short story I had written. The short story was about my life as a competitive swimmer
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Real life sunken cities...
Water is essential for life, food sources, and transport, so many cities have been built along coast lines and river banks. However, these benefits also come with risks because natural forces that can sink a city are at their doorstep.
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The Hummingbirds of São...
up a little bit of my heart during these hard times. Welcome to My Place On Earth, the series where I'll be meeting nature enthusiasts from around the world who want to share the amazing wildlife on their doorsteps.
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The Sea Turtles of...
world in a better place than how I came into it. Welcome to My Place on Earth, the series where I'll be meeting nature enthusiasts from around the world who want to share the amazing wildlife on their doorsteps.
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Do Komodo Dragons Eat...
on your doorstep is the largest lizard in the world, and they probably think it's as normal as a seagull on the beach here in England. But to answer the question, do they eat people? Is not really the case.
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Mother Nature’s...
own it and they have the money and they control it that's the best part so Moringa can grow in community gardens in towns in a bucket on a urban doorstep and two of these little trees can feed a
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The Spider Monkeys of...
Welcome to My Place on Earth, the series, where I'll be meeting nature enthusiasts from around the world who want to share the amazing wildlife on their doorsteps.
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Protecting a Penguin...
welcome to my place on earth the series where i'll be meeting nature enthusiasts from around the world who want to share their amazing wildlife on their doorsteps
Video examples
How fake handbags fund...
But what our counterfeit polo shirt seller certainly didn't realize is that everything I'd seen and heard would result in a dawn raid on his house, him being woken out of bed by eight men on his doorstep and all his product seized. But this would reveal that he was just a pawn
Video examples
The Water Crisis PIPE...
my work takes me all around the world to study how fishing communities deal with environmental challenges like pollution and climate change but now i'm investigating a major ecosystem that's under threat right on my own doorstep the san francisco bay
Video examples
The beauty of being a...
the dream of becoming a writer came right to my doorstep. Actually, it came to my mailbox in the form of a letter that said I'd won a giant literary prize for a short story I had written. The short story was about my life as a competitive swimmer
Video examples
Real life sunken cities...
Water is essential for life, food sources, and transport, so many cities have been built along coast lines and river banks. However, these benefits also come with risks because natural forces that can sink a city are at their doorstep.
Video examples
The Hummingbirds of São...
up a little bit of my heart during these hard times. Welcome to My Place On Earth, the series where I'll be meeting nature enthusiasts from around the world who want to share the amazing wildlife on their doorsteps.
Video examples
The Sea Turtles of...
world in a better place than how I came into it. Welcome to My Place on Earth, the series where I'll be meeting nature enthusiasts from around the world who want to share the amazing wildlife on their doorsteps.
Video examples
Do Komodo Dragons Eat...
on your doorstep is the largest lizard in the world, and they probably think it's as normal as a seagull on the beach here in England. But to answer the question, do they eat people? Is not really the case.
Video examples
Mother Nature’s...
own it and they have the money and they control it that's the best part so Moringa can grow in community gardens in towns in a bucket on a urban doorstep and two of these little trees can feed a
Video examples
The Spider Monkeys of...
Welcome to My Place on Earth, the series, where I'll be meeting nature enthusiasts from around the world who want to share the amazing wildlife on their doorsteps.
Video examples
Protecting a Penguin...
welcome to my place on earth the series where i'll be meeting nature enthusiasts from around the world who want to share their amazing wildlife on their doorsteps
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Quote examples
Freddie Fox
English Actor
There'll probably be moments in my life where it seems that people will want to camp out on my doorstep, and moments when no one wants to hire me and couldn't be less interested. I've been around the circus, and it'll come and go.
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Patrick Carman
American Writer
Like most people, there are things I love about Amazon. It's cheap, it's fast, and it's at my doorstep. But Amazon will never replace the important role my local indie plays in my community.
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Jonah Lomu
New Zealander Athlete
Looking back, my whole life seems so surreal. I didn't just turn up on the doorstep playing rugby; I had to go through a whole lot of things to get there.
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David Axelrod
American Public Servant
People understand we're on the doorstep of doing something really historic that will help the American people and strengthen our country for the long run.
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Paul Strand
American Photographer
The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.
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Thomas Merton
American Author
To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect upon myself is to live on the doorstep of hell.
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Will Hurd
American Politician
The rise of ISIS has exposed the darkest side of humanity - at times manifesting their violent ideology at our very doorsteps.
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Brian Greene
American Physicist
A unified theory would put us at the doorstep of a vast universe of things that we could finally explore with precision.
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Margrethe Vestager
Danish Politician
Planning is like taking on blinders. I think it is a wise thing to be open to whatever shows up on your doorstep.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.
Quote examples
Freddie Fox
English Actor
There'll probably be moments in my life where it seems that people will want to camp out on my doorstep, and moments when no one wants to hire me and couldn't be less interested. I've been around the circus, and it'll come and go.
Quote examples
Patrick Carman
American Writer
Like most people, there are things I love about Amazon. It's cheap, it's fast, and it's at my doorstep. But Amazon will never replace the important role my local indie plays in my community.
Quote examples
Jonah Lomu
New Zealander Athlete
Looking back, my whole life seems so surreal. I didn't just turn up on the doorstep playing rugby; I had to go through a whole lot of things to get there.
Quote examples
David Axelrod
American Public Servant
People understand we're on the doorstep of doing something really historic that will help the American people and strengthen our country for the long run.
Quote examples
Paul Strand
American Photographer
The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.
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Thomas Merton
American Author
To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect upon myself is to live on the doorstep of hell.
Quote examples
Will Hurd
American Politician
The rise of ISIS has exposed the darkest side of humanity - at times manifesting their violent ideology at our very doorsteps.
Quote examples
Brian Greene
American Physicist
A unified theory would put us at the doorstep of a vast universe of things that we could finally explore with precision.
Quote examples
Margrethe Vestager
Danish Politician
Planning is like taking on blinders. I think it is a wise thing to be open to whatever shows up on your doorstep.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.
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