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BNC: 6432 COCA: 10738

doorstep

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doorstep /ˈdoɚˌstɛp/ noun
plural doorsteps
doorstep
/ˈdoɚˌstɛp/
noun
plural doorsteps
Learner's definition of DOORSTEP
[count]
: a step or series of steps leading up to one of the doors that is used to enter or leave a building门阶
often used figuratively常用作比喻
see picture at house
BNC: 6432 COCA: 10738

doorstep

noun

door·​step ˈdȯr-ˌstep How to pronounce doorstep (audio)
: a step before an outer door
Phrases
on one's doorstep
: close at hand
especially : too close to be overlooked

Example Sentences

We sat on the doorstep. The police were at my doorstep.
Recent Examples on the Web This gesture reminded me of farmers back in Mississippi who would always show up at our doorstep in summer to gift buckets of extra tomatoes. Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2022 Highland Park’s clampdown survived a legal challenge from a local pediatrician and the Illinois State Rifle Association that ended at the U.S. Supreme Court’s doorstep in 2015 when justices declined to hear the case. Kathleen Foody, Anchorage Daily News, 5 July 2022 Highland Park’s clampdown survived a legal challenge from a local pediatrician and the Illinois State Rifle Association that ended at the US Supreme Court’s doorstep in 2015 when justices declined to hear the case. Dan Simmons, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2022 The Taliban arrived at her doorstep the next day and instructed her father to not allow his daughter to go to the gym. Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2022 Either way, you're bound to have a tail-wagging, happy dog once these arrive at your doorstep. Brittany Vanderbill, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2022 And caused white supremacists to show up at my doorstep to terrify my wife and kids. Lindsay Kornick, Fox News, 5 Aug. 2022 Despite that, another stalker claiming to be in love with her appeared at her doorstep just weeks ago after finding her new address — and her mother’s phone number — online. New York Times, 29 July 2022 Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his entire Cabinet are set to resign this week, with outrage over the country’s economic crisis boiling over and protesters at their doorstep — literally. Dylan Butts, NBC News, 11 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1767, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of doorstep was in 1767
BNC: 6432 COCA: 10738

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