doorstep

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home.

   “Ailie was standing by the doorstep as he came down the road, and her heart stood still with joy.”

2. isim One's immediate neighbourhood or locality.

   “They want to build the prison right on our doorstep; it will only be half a mile away and being that close scares me.”

3. isim A thick slice, especially of bread.

   “I cut myself a doorstep of bread with masses of butter and went along to see Romanov while I was eating it.”

4. fiil To visit one household after another to solicit sales, charitable donations, political support, etc.
5. fiil To corner somebody for an unexpected interview.

   “Throughout her time in journalism, she doorstepped politicians, the child of a politician, crime victims, armed robbers, murderers, suspected murderers...”