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Meaning: (idiomatic)Verynearby;closeto someone.Synonym:on someone's doorstep2022May 4, Tommy Stubbington, Martin Arnold, “ECB policy tightening sends eurozone borrowing costs soaring”, inFinancial Times[1]:“What we are seeing in markets is the realisation that ECB tightening isat our door,” said Rohan Khanna, a fixed-income strategist at UBS.; (idiomatic)Being someone'sfaultorresponsibility.2010June 28, Reeve Hamilton, “TribBlog: Gilbert: Staples Has "Blood on His Hands"”, inThe Texas Tribune[2]:“Absolutely those deaths areat the door of the Texas Department of Agriculture,” Gilbert spokesman Vince Leibowitz charges. “They should have noticed those problems and they should have done something about it. Clearly they didn’t and Todd Staples is the one who needs to be held accountable for it.”
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