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there goes the neighborhood

there goes the neighborhood phrase: something undesirable has been introduced into one's community.

Phrase

there goes the neighborhood

  1. (colloquial) Something undesirable has been introduced into one's community.

Forms of there goes the neighborhood

alternative formthere goes the neighbourhood

Questions about there goes the neighborhood

What does there goes the neighborhood mean?
There goes the neighborhood means something undesirable has been introduced into one's community.
What part of speech is there goes the neighborhood?
There goes the neighborhood is a phrase.

Words near there goes the neighborhood in the dictionary

  1. there exist
  2. there exists
  3. there for all to see
  4. there for everybody to see
  5. there for everyone to see
  6. there goes the neighborhood
  7. there goes the neighbourhood
  8. there had been
  9. there has been
  10. there have been
  11. there having been

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