noun
doorstep
DAWS-tehp
noun
1
The step just outside the entrance to a house.
"A parcel was waiting on the doorstep."
verb
1
(UK) To turn up unannounced at someone's home, especially to ask questions or make a sale.
"Reporters doorstepped the politician outside his house."
How to Use Doorstep
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe step outside a front door, or (as a verb, chiefly British) to show up at someone's home uninvited.
UK vs US
The verb sense ("to doorstep someone") is mainly British usage, especially in journalism.
Common pairings
leave on the doorstep
doorstep an interview
Word Forms
doorstepped past tense, doorsteps plural, doorsteps singular
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Etymology
A compound of "door" and "step."