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next door

adverb
 
 

Definition

very close: Would you want to live next door to a nuclear power station?Closeness in distance and timeAbout to happen
(Definition of next door adverb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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