doorstep

n.
A step leading to a door.

A step at a door; often one of several at the exterior of an outer door.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offer support when passing through a doorway
  Synonyms: doorsill, threshold

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - trappesten, brødhumpel
v. tr. - rende på dørene
v. intr. - sælge ved dørene, stemme dørklokker

idioms:

• on someone's doorstep    lige for næsen af én

Nederlands (Dutch)
stoep, drempel, dikke boterham, huis-aan-huis bezoeken vlakbij

Français (French)
n. - pas de porte, seuil, grosse tartine (hum), (fig) voisinage
v. tr. - (GB) aller chez qn pour faire du démarchage électoral
v. intr. - (GB) aller chez qn pour faire du démarchage électoral

idioms:

• on someone's doorstep    tout près de qn

Deutsch (German)
n. - Türstufe
v. - (BrE)(ugs.) vor der Tür warten (um ein Photo oder Interview machen zu können), Haus-zu-Haus-Verkauf

idioms:

• on someone's doorstep    (direkt) vor der Tür

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (οικοδ., μτφ.) κατώφλι

idioms:

• on someone's doorstep    πολύ κοντά

Italiano (Italian)
soglia

idioms:

• on someone's doorstep    sottocasa

Português (Portuguese)
n. - soleira (f)

idioms:

• on someone's doorstep    muito próximo à casa de

Русский (Russian)
порог

idioms:

• on someone's doorstep    рядом

Español (Spanish)
n. - umbral, peldaño, rebanada de pan
v. tr. - entrevistar en su casa
v. intr. - entrevistar en su casa

idioms:

• on someone's doorstep    muy cerca

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tröskel

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
门阶, 迎面拦住...要求采访, 挨家挨户兜售或募捐, 在门口等候

idioms:

• on someone's doorstep    在某人的近旁

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 門階
v. tr. - 迎面攔住...要求採訪
v. intr. - 挨家挨戶兜售或募捐, 在門口等候

idioms:

• on someone's doorstep    在某人的近旁

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 층층대, 두껍게 잘린 빵
v. tr. - 현관에서 기다리다
v. intr. - 호별 방문하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 戸口の上がり段
v. - 戸別訪問する, 戸口の階段で待つ
adj. - 戸別訪問の

idioms:

• on someone's doorstep    尊敬を表す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) درجه تؤدي الى باب خارجي قريب جدا من مكان السكن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סף, מדרגת דלת‬
v. tr. - ‮הלך מדלת לדלת כדי למכור, מדרגת דלת‬
v. intr. - ‮חיכה על דלתו של (כדי להשיג ריאיון או צילום)‬

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