English [edit]
Adverb [edit]
door to door (comparative more door to door, superlative most door to door)
- (by metonymy) 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.
- Selling door to door is the best training - and test - for a new salesman.
- (by metonymy) From ultimate origin to ultimate destination.
- The trip takes sixteen hours door to door.
- (by further extension) 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.
Translations [edit]
from one household or business to the next
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- Dutch: van door tot deur (nl)
- Finnish: ovelta ovelle (fi)
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- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
- Portuguese: de porta em porta (pt)
- Russian: поквартирно (ru) (pokvartírno)
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from ultimate origin to ultimate destination
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Dutch: van door tot deur (nl)
- Finnish: ovelta ovelle (fi)
- French: please add this translation if you can
- German: please add this translation if you can
- Italian: please add this translation if you can
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- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
- Portuguese: porta a porta (pt)
- Russian: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: please add this translation if you can
- Swedish: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: please add this translation if you can
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from ultimate shipper to ultimate recipient
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Dutch: van door tot deur (nl)
- Finnish: ovelta ovelle (fi)
- French: please add this translation if you can
- German: please add this translation if you can
- Italian: please add this translation if you can
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- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
- Portuguese: porta a porta (pt)
- Russian: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: please add this translation if you can
- Swedish: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: please add this translation if you can
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Adjective [edit]
door to door (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of door-to-door.
