backyard

backyard
back|yard [ `bæk,jard ] or ,back `yard noun count *
1. ) AMERICAN an area behind a house, usually with grass and plants. British back garden:
vegetables grown in your own backyard
2. ) BRITISH an area behind a house covered with a hard brick or stone surface
in your (own) backyard INFORMAL
in a place close to you or in a situation that you are directly involved in:
It's not the kind of thing you expect to happen in your own backyard.
not in my backyard MAINLY JOURNALISM
used for describing people's reaction to an official plan, when they support the idea but do not want it to happen in the area where they live. People with this attitude are sometimes called nimbys.

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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