door to door

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door to door

adverb D2D

  1. metonymically, not comparable From one household or business to the next. He carried the petition door to door, collecting signatures.
  2. metonymically, not comparable From ultimate origin to ultimate destination. The trip takes sixteen hours door to door.
  3. metonymically, not comparable 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.
  4. metonymically, not comparable From inception to final completion. It was purely a CIA operation, door to door.

adjective D2D

  1. alternative, not comparable Alternative spelling of door-to-door

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adv from ultimate origin to ultimate destination

中文門到門 /门到门 mén dào mén
Portuguêsporta a porta
Françaisporte à porte
Deutschvon Tür zu Tür
Русскийот две́ри к две́ри ot dvéri k dvéri

adv from ultimate shipper to ultimate recipient

Portuguêsporta a porta
Русскийсквозно́й skvoznój, а́дресный ádresnyj

adv from one household or business to the next

Españolde puerta en puerta
日本語各戸 kakko
中文門到門 /门到门 mén dào mén
Portuguêsde porta em porta
Françaisporte à porte
Deutschvon Tür zu Tür
Italianoporta a porta
Русскийпокварти́рно pokvartírno

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@misc{door_to_door_2026,
  title = {door to door},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/door%20to%20door},
  urldate = {2026-11-08}
}