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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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“My house wouldn’t be for sale. My close friend and neighbor would still live next door to me. And I wouldn’t be pleading with you right now. You have the power to change this.”

From Los Angeles Times

In 2024 I helped the nonprofit Counter Extremism Project buy the house next door to Auschwitz, where camp commandant Rudolf Höss lived with his family.

From The Wall Street Journal

Waste heat provided from an AWS data centre is carried via hot water through pipes to a local heating hub next door to heat offices and a library, and soon hundreds of homes.

From Barron's

The location—next door to the White House—is a concrete manifestation of our investment in all aspects of this 21st-century partnership.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rutman, 52, grew up on this street, next door to Silsby’s house.

From Los Angeles Times

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