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he is delivered to my doorstep

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hhtt21

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"Issa is a man and I am still a boy. I always wanted a brother and here he is delivered to my doorstep, and I rejected him. He suffered like a true defender of his beliefs while I courted cheap glory in the boxing ring."

https://books.google.com.tr/books?i...ved=0ahUKEwig8a7axqrWAhWqF5oKHe2xDtwQ6AEIJTAA


Would you explain the part "he is delivered to my doorstep". I cannot understand it because I cannot associate any definition in the link to it.

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teechar

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It's figurative. I take it to mean: "I got/received exactly the thing I was looking for."
 

Tdol

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He turned up on my doorstep? Delivered by fate?
 
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