in/within spitting distance
informalIf something is in or within spitting distance, it is very close:
The house is within spitting distance of the sea.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Closeness in distance and time
- a few/couple of steps idiom
- a hair's breadth idiom
- a stone's throw idiom
- ace
- anywhere
- anywhere near idiom
- eyeball to eyeball idiom
- face-to-face
- float around
- hand to hand idiom
- hard by
- proximity
- roof
- round the corner idiom
- shadow
- shout
- step
- stick together
- towards
- under the same roof idiom
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