Meaning of doorknock | Babel Free

Definitions

A campaign of going from house to house knocking on doors, such as for a charity appeal.

Australia, New-Zealand

Examples

“Sometimes they were raffles, mostly they were doorknocks. I went on one of the doorknocks after Wendy talked me into it.”

“To run a doorknock you need volunteer collectors — lots of them. But because there are so many doorknocks each year, collectors are overloaded and it is difficult to recruit new ones. So what is the answer?”

“[…] mobile phone providers have sent text messages to Victorian customers warning them of the conditions, in what has been described as an "electronic doorknock".”

CEFR level