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on your doorstep vs at your doorstep

The phrases 'on your doorstep' and 'at your doorstep' are both correct English expressions. They are interchangeable and can be used to indicate something happening very close to someone's home or place of residence.

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Last updated: July 07, 2024

on your doorstep

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate something happening very close to someone's home or place of residence.

This phrase is used to describe something that is physically close to someone's home or place of residence. It can be used in both literal and figurative contexts.

Examples:

The package was left on your doorstep.
The solution to your problem is right on your doorstep.

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Until the past shows up on your doorstep.
No more showing up drunk at 2:00 a.m. on your doorstep.
I'll just leave the food on your doorstep and ring the bell.
I assume you received the box I left on your doorstep.
Aside from another body landing on your doorstep, You're doing all you can.
You didn't seem surprised, police on your doorstep.
The next thing you know, some man shows up on your doorstep and offers you the ultimate decision.
Look, he'll probably be waiting for you on your doorstep when you get home.
A girl like this, she... she shows up on your doorstep, and you're just... trying to do the right thing.
I'm a stranger who showed up on your doorstep, and you're a rich, famous tv star, and we look nothing alike.
My mother will show up on your doorstep with pink-and-blue wallpaper and a crib, and my father will start picking out biblical names.
...but they still torched the Big BM on your doorstep.
You had him on your doorstep and you let him escape?
Jeff and Lester stole the porcine victim, Large Mart snatched Big Mike in retaliation, he was able to liberate himself, but they still torched the big B.M. on your doorstep.
I figured that if I just turn up on your doorstep, you'd have absolutely no choice but to let me stay, so... Psychology, it's clever.
If you had all those people on your doorstep, you'd feel like a criminal, wouldn't you?
A dead crow on your doorstep...
He'll be on your doorstep at midnight.
The enemy is on your doorstep.
- The big volcano right on your doorstep.

Alternatives:

at your doorstep
by your doorstep
near your doorstep
next to your doorstep
close to your doorstep

at your doorstep

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate something happening very close to someone's home or place of residence.

This phrase is used to describe something that is physically close to someone's home or place of residence. It can be used in both literal and figurative contexts.

Examples:

The delivery will be at your doorstep by noon.
Opportunity is knocking at your doorstep.

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When the trail stops at your doorstep, we won't have to worry about them following it any further and getting to Philip and Elizabeth.
I guess I could make some lame excuse for why I'm at your doorstep, but the truth is, I couldn't stop thinking about you.
And when he shows up at your doorstep and tells you that he wants you to spend the rest of your life with him, in that moment, he will think he means it.
My official invitation, Must be at your doorstep by now.
Which is when the heart arrived at your doorstep.
There'll be amazing food and incredible shops right at your doorstep.
My calculations put us at your doorstep within the hour.
He is washing your clothes and drying them at your doorstep.
I can't explain why she showed up at your doorstep, or how she found you.
Did you forget that search could end up at your doorstep, Michael?
I would have cut her up and left her pieces at your doorstep.
So, what, he just show up at your doorstep one day?
I'll kneel at your doorstep, and I won't go away!
So, what, he just show up at your doorstep one day?
So what you're saying is, if you're meant to move to Long Island, some sign from the universe will magically appear at your doorstep?
And then whatever you design virtually, you click the button and it shows up at your doorstep a week later.
Banca Popolare of Bari, an international bank at your doorstep.
The bad stuff doesn't just end at your doorstep.

Alternatives:

on your doorstep
by your doorstep
near your doorstep
next to your doorstep
close to your doorstep

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