door to door

door to door

See also: door-to-door

English

Adverb

door to door (not comparable)

1. (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.

2. (by metonymy) From ultimate origin to ultimate destination.

   The trip takes sixteen hours door to door.

   1. (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.

   2. (by further extension) From inception to final completion.

      It was purely a CIA operation, door to door.

Translations

from one household or business to the next

Armenian: դռնեդուռ (hy) (dṙneduṙ) Chinese: Mandarin: 門到門／门到门 (zh) (mén dào mén) Dutch: van deur tot deur Finnish: ovelta ovelle (fi) French: porte à porte (fr) German: von Tür zu Tür Italian: porta a porta Japanese: 各戸 (ja) (かっこ, kakko) Latin: ostiātim Portuguese: de porta em porta Russian: покварти́рно (pokvartírno) Spanish: de puerta en puerta Swedish: från dörr till dörr

from ultimate origin to ultimate destination

Chinese: Mandarin: 門到門／门到门 (zh) (mén dào mén) Dutch: van deur tot deur Finnish: ovelta ovelle (fi) French: porte à porte (fr) German: von Tür zu Tür Portuguese: porta a porta Russian: от две́ри к две́ри (ot dvéri k dvéri)

from ultimate shipper to ultimate recipient

Dutch: van deur tot deur Finnish: ovelta ovelle (fi) Portuguese: porta a porta Russian: сквозно́й (ru) (skvoznój), а́дресный (ru) (ádresnyj)

Adjective

door to door (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of door-to-door