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as the next

as the next is the ellipsis of as the next person.

Meaning of as the next person

Phrase

as the next person

  1. (idiomatic) To a reasonable degree; as much as a typical person.
    • I like reading as much as the next person.

Questions about as the next

What is as the next the ellipsis of?
As the next is the ellipsis of as the next person.

Words near as the next in the dictionary

  1. as the fella says
  2. as the gull flies
  3. as the man said
  4. as the man says
  5. as the mountain could not wait upon Mahomet, Mahomet would go to the mountain
  6. as the next
  7. as the next girl
  8. as the next guy
  9. as the next man
  10. as the next person
  11. as the raven flies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: as the next (page history and authors); as the next person (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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