doorstep
verb/ˈdɔːstep/
/ˈdɔːrstep/
[transitive, intransitive] (British English)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they doorstep | /ˈdɔːstep/ /ˈdɔːrstep/ |
| he / she / it doorsteps | /ˈdɔːsteps/ /ˈdɔːrsteps/ |
| past simple doorstepped | /ˈdɔːstept/ /ˈdɔːrstept/ |
| past participle doorstepped | /ˈdɔːstept/ /ˈdɔːrstept/ |
| -ing form doorstepping | /ˈdɔːstepɪŋ/ /ˈdɔːrstepɪŋ/ |
- doorstep (somebody) when a journalist doorsteps somebody, they go to the person’s house to try to speak to them, even if the person does not want to say anything
- The producer of the programme was doorstepped by tabloid journalists.
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