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in one's backyard

in one's backyard prepositional phrase: local to the place where one lives or habitually spends time; (by extension) one's responsibility.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (informal) Local to the place where one lives or habitually spends time; (by extension) one's responsibility.
    • His [François Bayrou's] tenure has also been marred by allegations that he ignored a decades-long sexual abuse scandal in his backyard at the Bétharram Catholic school in Pau.2025 August 30, Leila Abboud, Ian Johnston, Adrienne Klasa, “France’s isolated PM puts his job on the line”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7

Forms of in one's backyard

alternative formin one's own backyard

Questions about in one's backyard

What does in one's backyard mean?
In one's backyard means local to the place where one lives or habitually spends time; (by extension) one's responsibility.
What part of speech is in one's backyard?
In one's backyard is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in one's backyard in the dictionary

  1. in one sitting
  2. in one stroke
  3. in one voice
  4. in one's altitudes
  5. in one's back pocket
  6. in one's backyard
  7. in one's bare skin
  8. in one's bones
  9. in one's book
  10. in one's born days
  11. in one's corner

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