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noun

a short space or distance

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Words related to spitting distance

holler, near, earshot, eyeshot

Words nearby spitting distance

spitsbergen, spitsticker, spitteler, spitter, spitting cobra, spitting distance, spitting image, spitting snake, spittle, spittle insect, spittlebug
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spitting distance

A very short distance, as in We were in spitting distance of winning the pennant but then we lost three games in a row. Alluding to the relatively short distance over which one's spit will carry, this idiom was first recorded in 1895 as within spitting range.

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