door to door /ˌdɔː(ɹ)təˈdɔː(ɹ)/adverb 4door-to-door adjective 2 adverb4 •From one household or business to the next.He carried the petition door to door, collecting signatures.He sold magazine subscriptions at inflated prices door to door. •From ultimate origin to ultimate destination.The trip takes sixteen hours door to door. •From shipper to recipient.The express company could only handle shipments door to door on the West Coast, needing others to reach the rest of the country. •From inception to final completion.It was purely a CIA operation, door to door. door-to-door adjective2 •Going from house to house, when selling, delivering, or asking for something. •Sent or delivered from a store or factory directly to a house.They must secure a higher share of the consumer goods which require transport not from siding-to-siding, but door-to-door. — 1959
