doorstep

Definitions


[ˈdɔːstɛp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a step leading up to the outer door of a house
(e.g: he put his foot on the doorstep of the cottage)


Phrases:
- on one's doorstep

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[ˈdɔːstɛp], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a journalist) wait uninvited outside the home of (someone) in order to obtain an interview or photograph
(e.g: he was being doorstepped by the tabloids)


Phrases:
- on one's doorstep

Origin:




definition by Oxford Dictionaries