neck of the woods

[neck of the woods] {n. phr.}, {informal} Part of the country; place; neighborhood; vicinity.

* /We visited Illinois and Iowa last summer; in that neck of the woods the corn really grows tall./

* /We were down in your neck of the woods last week./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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