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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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Lutnick said in an interview last year on the “Pod Force One” podcast that he decided never to be in the same room as Epstein, who lived next door to the Lutnicks, after Epstein gave them a disturbing tour of his home in 2005.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Salon

Even though his family’s farm was next door to ours, it was still a hike to get there.

From Literature

“You live next door to my uncle,” the kid says, wiping the sweat off his forehead.

From Literature

“Do we have to live next door to Lou Ann?”

From Literature

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