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Meaning of tooth-to-jowl | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C1

Definitions

Very close together

Examples

Most Latinos don’t live tooth-to-jowl because they love each other so much. In fact, new census data (again, statistics) show that Latinos in the Pajaro Valley have some of the highest crowding problems in the state.”
Having no safe, private sanitation facilities in areas where people are living tooth-to-jowl means going the whole day without relieving oneself and then risking exposure at night.”

CEFR level

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