doorstep

UK: /ˈdɔː^rstɛp/ US: /ˈdɔrˌstɛp/ ,(dôr′step′, dōr′-)

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door•step /ˈdɔrˌstɛp/   n. [countable]

1. a step in front of an outside door.

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door•step  (dôr′step′, dōr′-), n. 

1. a step or one of a series of steps leading from the ground to a door.
2. British Terms a thick slice of bread.

• door + step 1800–10

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doorstep / ˈdɔːˌstɛp/ noun

1. a step in front of a door
2. a thick slice of bread

verb ( -steps, -stepping, -stepped)(transitive)

1. to canvass (a district) or interview (a member of the public) by or in the course of door-to-door visiting
2. (of a journalist) to wait outside the house of (someone) to obtain an interview, photograph, etc when he or she emerges