Door to door
If someone goes “door to door” it means visiting all the houses in an area, usually to sell or publicize something.
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If someone goes “door to door” it means visiting all the houses in an area, usually to sell or publicize something. In the episode, you heard that rescue workers in Beirut went “door to door,” or visited all the houses in the hardest-hit areas from the explosion to find people trapped and injured. Window salesmen are known for going “door to door” to sell windows in neighborhoods. Another meaning of “door to door” is from start to finish of a journey. A trip from the US to Europe “door to door” could take 12 hours total.