house-to-house

adjective

omitting no one; from the door of one house to that of the next

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a door-to-door campaign

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house-to-house coverage

• Syn: ↑door-to-door

• Similar to: ↑comprehensive

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\\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective

: made or applying successively to all the residences in an area

a house-to-house canvass for signatures

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/hows"teuh hows'/, adj.

1. conducted from one house to the next: a house-to-house survey.

2. door-to-door (def. 1).

[1855-60]

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houseˈ-to-houseˈ adjective

Performed or conducted by calling at house after house

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Main Entry: ↑house

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house-to-house UK US adjective, adverb

involving visits to every house in an area

Police are conducting house-to-house inquiries.

Thesaurus: visits_synonym

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house-to-house «HOWS tuh HOWS», adjective.

going from one house, apartment, or building, to the next and so on: »

Believing he was in the vicinity…detectives surrounded the block and began a house-to-house check (New York Times).

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adj. & adv. performed at or taken to each house in turn

[as adj.] a veteran salesman took a rookie on house-to-house canvassing | [as adv.] troops searched house to house for agitators

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/ˌhaʊstəˈhaʊs/ adj, always used before a noun

: going or made by going to each house, apartment, or building in an area

The police made a house-to-house search of the area.

— see also (from) house to house at ↑house, 1

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ˌhouse-to-ˈhouse [house-to-house] adjective only before noun

visiting every house in a particular area

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house-to-house collection/search

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The police are making house-to-house enquiries.