English-Danish translations for doorstep

• dørtærskel
  2.500 forsvindinger siden 1999. Præsident Putin kalder nabolandet Dagestan "et mini-Irak ved Ruslands dørtærskel". President Putin calls neighbouring Dagestan a ‘mini Iraq on Russia’s doorstep’.
  På vores dørtærskel, på den anden side af Middelhavet, er frihedens vinde begyndt at blæse. On our doorstep, on the other side of the Mediterranean, a wind of freedom has started to blow.
  Det er på høje tid, at arbejdstagerne bliver respekteret i EU, i Parlamentet og på vores dørtærskel. It is high time workers were respected in Europe, in the European Parliament and on our doorstep.

Definition of doorstep

• An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home
• One's immediate neighbourhood or locality
• A big slice, especially of bread
• To visit one household after another to solicit sales, charitable donations, political support, etc

Examples

• On ones doorstep
• They want to build the prison right on our doorstep; it will only be half a mile away and being that close scares me

Related words

• indoors
• outdoors
• doorsill
• outdoorsy
• outdoors grill
• doorstep canvassing
• behind closed doors
• out of doors
• double doors