where someone lives

adverb

In one’s most vulnerable or personal spot.

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adverbwhere someone lives (not comparable)
  1. USinformalnot comparableIn one’s most vulnerable or personal spot.

    And there's a very important lesson in all this that hits us right where we live.

    2010, Keith Ellerbrock, Broken Tools in God's Hands, page 99
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    If visitors from a different lifestyle or need level came in, would your building, your décor, your church culture, and the message connect with them where they live or would it only serve to reinforce the chasm that exists between them and church.

    2006, Richard L. Reising, Church Marketing 101: Preparing Your Church for Greater Growth

    But it's something that hits that old man right where he lives. And where he lives is that ranch and those cows and horses he loves so much. We're giving him something that will make him realize the error of his ways and do business with us.

    2019, Jim Nesbitt, The Best Lousy Choice
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