Usually means: Very close, short range proximity.
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  1. spitting distance: Merriam-Webster
  2. spitting distance: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. spitting distance: Collins English Dictionary
  4. spitting distance: Wiktionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (spitting distance)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) A short distance.

Similar:
piece, spit, bittock, spurt, span, spitstick, handspan, spitbox, spill, spitoon, more...

Opposite:
out of range, far away, distant, remote

Phrases:
within spitting distance, more...

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Similar:
piece, spit, bittock, spurt, span, spitstick, handspan, spitbox, spill, spitoon, more...

Opposite:
out of range, far away, distant, remote

Phrases:
within spitting distance, more...



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