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in one's own backyard



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Idioms and Phrases

In one's own domain, in a position very close to one. For example, You didn't expect to find a first-class organist in your own backyard . [Mid-1900s] Also see close to home .

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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