DOORSTEP


Meaning of DOORSTEP in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɔ:(r)step ]

( doorsteps)

1.

A doorstep is a step in front of a door on the outside of a building.

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2.

If a place is on your doorstep , it is very near to where you live. If something happens on your doorstep , it happens very close to where you live.

It is all too easy to lose sight of what is happening on our own doorstep...

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