in one's backyard

prepositional phrase

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

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Meanings

prepositional phrase

alternative in one's own backyard

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

    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.

    2025 August 30, Leila Abboud, Ian Johnston, Adrienne Klasa, “France’s isolated PM puts his job on the line”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7
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APA

in one's backyard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20one's%20backyard

MLA

“in one's backyard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20one's%20backyard. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in one's backyard,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20one's%20backyard.

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