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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next door to

I watched this streaming content through a unique lens because I have a vantage point on this story almost no one else does: I grew up next door to Ted Kaczynski.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Wrexham's Hollywood co-owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac have bought the pub next door to the football club's Racecourse home ground to "protect the future of the club".

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Galicia didn’t get the protection he needed, despite multiple contacts with police and city offices — by him, relatives and neighbors —regarding the empty dwelling next door to his on North St. Andrews Place.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Robert Pluhowski, whose family has summered next door to Duryea’s since the 1970s, said the problem goes beyond Rowan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Nicknamed “San Berdoo,” it was full of citrus groves, but sat next door to the smokestacks and steel mills of Fontana.

From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser

Related Words

• adjoining
• neighboring