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as the next guy

as the next guy is the alternative form 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 guy

What is as the next guy the alternative form of?
As the next guy is the alternative form of as the next person.

Words near as the next guy in the dictionary

  1. as the man said
  2. as the man says
  3. as the mountain could not wait upon Mahomet, Mahomet would go to the mountain
  4. as the next
  5. as the next girl
  6. as the next guy
  7. as the next man
  8. as the next person
  9. as the raven flies
  10. as the saying goes
  11. as the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined

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Adapted from Wiktionary: as the next guy (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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