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spitting distances

spitting distances is the plural of spitting distance.

Meaning of spitting distance

Noun

spitting distance (plural spitting distances)

  1. (idiomatic) A short distance.
    • [N]o less than forty defaulters in the executive, within spitting distance of the President, have not alone been proved so, but still retain their places.1840, A. Traveller, Notes upon Canada and the United States: from 1832 to 1840, Rogers and Thompson (Toronto), p. 180

Questions about spitting distances

What is spitting distances the plural of?
Spitting distances is the plural of spitting distance.

Words near spitting distances in the dictionary

  1. spitting box
  2. spitting boxes
  3. spitting cobra
  4. spitting cobras
  5. spitting distance
  6. spitting distances
  7. spitting facts
  8. spitting feathers
  9. spitting fire
  10. spitting image
  11. spitting images

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