English-Swedish translations for doorstep

• tröskel en
  Det är oacceptabelt att allt detta sker på vår tröskel.It is intolerable that all this is happening on our doorstep.
  Många människor förespråkar det ända tills det blir kännbart för dem på deras egen tröskel.A lot of people are all in favour of it until it arrives on their own doorstep.
  Om vi gör det löper vi risken att problemen kommer att visa sig på vår tröskel.If we do, we run the risk that the problems will manifest themselves on our doorsteps.

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