somewhere in the neighborhood of
- somewhere in the neighborhood of
- (somewhere) in the neighborhood of (something)
about or approximately.
The size of the library is in the neighborhood of 5,000 books.
We hope to get somewhere in the neighborhood of $150,000 for our house.
Usage notes: used before a number and sometimes following something:
We've had something in the neighborhood of 80,000 hits on our website.
27% of the time this follows "somewhere"--SL, 8/02
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somewhere in the neighborhood of something — (somewhere) in the neighborhood of (something) about or approximately. The size of the library is in the neighborhood of 5,000 books. We hope to get somewhere in the neighborhood of $150,000 for our house. Usage notes: used before a number and… … New idioms dictionary
in the neighborhood of something — (somewhere) in the neighborhood of (something) about or approximately. The size of the library is in the neighborhood of 5,000 books. We hope to get somewhere in the neighborhood of $150,000 for our house. Usage notes: used before a number and… … New idioms dictionary
in the neighborhood of — (somewhere) in the neighborhood of (something) about or approximately. The size of the library is in the neighborhood of 5,000 books. We hope to get somewhere in the neighborhood of $150,000 for our house. Usage notes: used before a number and… … New idioms dictionary
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in the neighborhood of — somewhere near; approximately, around … English contemporary dictionary
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