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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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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

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In fact, according to F-35 program sources, the next software upgrades are not yet fully defined nor are they fully funded.
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A guard is manning the door, which is always kept ajar so she can be monitored.
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But we are afraid and we wonder to ourselves who will be next.
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The next phase of the trial consists of vaccinating Ebola workers on the front lines.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

What 15 months in a federal correction institution will be like, according to a man who counsels to-be inmates.
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Before Ripperda could unclasp his lips to reply, the stranger had opened the door, and passed through it like a gliding shadow.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
She looked so sweet when she said it, standing and smiling there in the middle of the floor, the door-way making a frame for her.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
She walked away toward another door, which was masked with a curtain that she lifted.
Confidence|Henry James
Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
In particular the Governor of Adinskoy offered us a guard of fifty men to the next station, if we apprehended any danger.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)|Daniel Defoe