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Meaning of in one's backyard | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Local to the place where one lives or habitually spends time; (by extension) one's responsibility.

informal

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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