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in one's own backyard

in one's own backyard is the alternative form of in one's backyard.

Meaning of in one's backyard

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

Questions about in one's own backyard

What is in one's own backyard the alternative form of?
In one's own backyard is the alternative form of in one's backyard.

Words near in one's own backyard in the dictionary

  1. in one's hip pocket
  2. in one's infinite wisdom
  3. in one's life
  4. in one's midst
  5. in one's opinion
  6. in one's own backyard
  7. in one's own good time
  8. in one's own hands
  9. in one's own little way
  10. in one's own little world
  11. in one's own right

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