doorstep
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doorsteps, plural;
/ˈdôrˌstep/,
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doorsteps, plural;
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A step leading up to the outer door of a house
Web Definitions:
- doorsill: the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway
- Doorstepping is a term mainly used in UK media for waiting outside somebody's home for the appearance of a subject of interest, such as a news photographer or journalist waiting for a celebrity or politician, in the hope of an exclusive to sell to the media. ...
- Step of a door. The threshold of a doorway; One's immediate neighbourhood or locality; A big slice of bread; To corner somebody for an unexpected interview
- (Doorstepping) Coloquial term for reporters hanging around someone's doorstep to get their story
- (door-stepping) To turn up at a person’s home or place of work without warning or prior arrangement to get an interview. Door-stepping implies the person may be reluctant to speak and may be confronting. Some broadcasters also use the term for an unheralded phone interview. See also death-knock.