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View synonyms for back yard

back yard

noun

  1. a yard at the back of a house, etc
  2. in one's own back yard
    1. close at hand
    2. involving or implicating one See NIMBY
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Then-City Councilman Gil Cedillo called it “the front yard and back yard of so many families” and proclaimed, “I am proud to reopen MacArthur Park Lakeside to make it clean, safe and secure.”

Buchan has not just achieved a clean-up in his own back yard - he is effecting change across great swathes of an enormous country.

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You may also be familiar with Yimby, a word to describe supporters of new housing, meaning "yes in my back yard".

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“The vast majority of our residents in this neighborhood live in apartments that don’t have access to green space in the form of a front yard or back yard.”

"I loved beating the Frenchman in his back yard," Powell said.

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