Examples of 'own back yard' in a sentence

Meaning of "own back yard"

The phrase 'own back yard' is an idiomatic expression that refers to someone's immediate surroundings, local area, or personal domain. It is often used metaphorically to suggest focusing on or addressing issues, challenges, or opportunities in one's immediate vicinity before venturing into other areas. It emphasizes the importance of dealing with matters close to home before engaging with external or distant concerns

How to use "own back yard" in a sentence

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own back yard
I would get lost in my own back yard.
Go out into your own back yard and photograph the things there.
He was right in our own back yard.
Members can stay in own back yard and there is no neighbors behind the walls.
To say it happened in her own back yard.
In her own back yard.
Sometimes we overlook our own back yard.
I got somebody in my own back yard leaking information to Kester?
Adventure awaits in your own back yard.
Another gig in my own back yard does not exactly sit well with me, Leo.
Make a difference in your own back yard.
I will stay in my own back yard from now on.
There is plenty of things to do in your own back yard.
Try our own back yard.
There is so much to do in your own back yard.

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In your own back yard.
They are right here in your own back yard.
This is our own back yard.
Imagine my shock at being scooped on a story brewing in my own back yard.
Just into my own back yard.
Beets are a superfood that can be easily grown right in your own back yard.
Digging in my own back yard.
Find out what officing innovations are taking place in your own back yard.
Brewing in my own back yard.
I say that because perhaps he ought to look a bit more in his own back yard.
We all dream of having our own back yard soccer field!
Westminster could not tolerate these kinds of threats from its own back yard.
Number 15 found in his own back yard by yours truly.
They do not like things happening in their own back yard.
Tilgner, old boy, our own back yard can not be safe.
It would have to be right in our own back yard.
Start with your own back yard.
It will be like having a gold mine in your own back yard.
Get out of your own back yard.
They are not gonna look for us in their own back yard.
Clean up their own back yard.
Sometimes the best opportunity for photographing birds is right in your own back yard.
Food foraging in your own back yard.
The commitment of the Philippine Government to peace starts in its own back yard.
You ambushed me in my own back yard.
Every writer, particularly an inexperienced one, should stick in his own back yard.
I will stay in my own back yard.
I am very excited to explore an alien world in our own back yard.
Like you know your own back yard.
No one expects to have their dog attacked in their own back yard.
To start in our own back yard.
They are now opening right here in your own back yard.
No . Just into my own back yard.
The focus of this operation will be in our own back yard.
Make a difference in our own back yard.

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