door·step [doorstepdoorstepsdoorsteppeddoorstepping] noun, verb BrE [ˈdɔːstep] NAmE [ˈdɔːrstep] noun 1. a step outside a door of a building, or the area that is very close to the door •The police turned up on their doorstep at 3 o'clock this morning. 2. (BrE, informal)a thick piece of bread, usually one that is made into a ↑sandwich Idiom: ↑on the doorstep
verb (-pp-)transitive, intransitive ~ (sb) (BrE) when a journalist doorsteps sb, he or she goes to the person's house to try to speak to them, even if they do not want to say anything •The producer of the programme was doorstepped by tabloid journalists. Verb forms:
