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Idioms and Phrases

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 absolute favorite is Ca Com, the banh mi shop from the Anchovy team. They break down whole pigs in their hatted kitchen next door to make the jungle sausage in my favorite order.”

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This banner career moment for Koy next door to LAX comes on the heels of a rather scary moment in the skies earlier this month as a passenger with his family on an L.A.-bound flight from the Philippines that made an emergency landing in Tokyo after smoke started billowing into the cabin due to an electrical fire.

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they didn't know what that they were next door to an insurgent house, making them the target of an attack.

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Former Compton Mayor Omar Bradley, who grew up next door to the Harris family, danced in Harris’ living room next to a large radio console when he was 3 or 4.

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“I shudder to think what owners of the lots next door to a hypothetical owner aren’t doing,” Sharif said.

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