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What Does "Neck of the Woods" Mean?

When someone says you must come to our "neck of the woods" what does that mean?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    It's just another term for being in the same area or neighborhood.

  • 1 decade ago

    Idiom: Neck of the woods

    Idiom Definition for neck of the woods: If someone talks about their neck of the woods, they mean the area where they live.

    An idiom is an expression, that is a term or phrase whose meaning cannot be deduced from the literal definitions and the arrangement of its parts, but refers instead to a figurative meaning that is known only through common use.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Your area or neighborhood. Like when Al Roker on the Today Show says, "Now here's a look at the weather in your neck of the woods."

  • 1 decade ago

    'neck of the woods' can be directly substituted with the word 'area'.

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  • 1 decade ago

    It means when you are in our neighborhood... when you are nearby without having go out of your way. Very friendly. Just stop by kind of attitude.

  • 1 decade ago

    your stoppim ground usually your home,neighborhood.street,your part of town

  • 1 decade ago

    general vicinity

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    i rest.

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