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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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“Garden Grove families did not sign up to live next door to a major industrial chemical emergency.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

His parents were both teachers and “really solid members of their community,” according to Paul Thompson, a Los Angeles County prosecutor who lives next door to the family’s two-story house.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

Darbon has pointed to infrastructure challenges around practice facilities, while the long-term staging of the Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club - next door to Muirfield - creates further complications.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Scotland's busiest railway station has been closed since Sunday 8 March when a blaze spread from a vape shop on Union Street through a B-listed Victorian building next door to the station.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Before he bought the house next door to theirs in Fremont, Grandpa Ed drove around the country and stayed in places like this for years.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

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