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next door to

Idioms  

  1. Very close to, as in The old dog was next door to death. This metaphoric expression, alluding to an adjacent house, was first recorded in 1529.

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“There was no competition,” said Eben Busa, who grew up next door to Hartford County and bought his first home in the area in 2017.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

He found out that the house next door to his aunt's house has used them as insulation too.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

They lived next door to each other in Altadena.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

You can believe you live next door to alien neighbors who believe in a flat earth.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026

It's 1928, and Helmuth and his mother stroll up Luisenweg, the Hammerbrook street in Hamburg, where they live in a small flat next door to Helmuth's grandparents.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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