spitting distance

noun

informal

: a short distance

Our house is within spitting distance of the park.

Examples of spitting distance in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But a confluence of conditions — the spring migration, ideal water temperatures, and massive schools of menhaden (also known as bunker) packed tightly to the coast — appears to have drawn the tuna to within spitting distance of the shoreline. —Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2025

That 2019 speech put him within spitting distance of the longest address to Congress by a president in modern times, which was President Bill Clinton’s final State of the Union in 2000, which lasted one hour, 28 minutes and 49 seconds. —Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025

Not exactly the target audience for the books, but within spitting distance of it. —Lizz Schumer, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025

Moore played a pivotal role in crafting one of the NFL's top rushing offenses this season, propelling Saquon Barkley to being the league's top rusher and within spitting distance of the all-time record. —Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025

Walton, who ranks No. 15 on The Forbes 400 overall, is now within spitting distance of becoming the second-ever female centibillionaire. —Matt Durot, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024

Lunar Lake confidently lands within spitting distance of the Snapdragon X Elite’s marathon battery life, matches its single-core performance, and utterly embarrasses it in graphics performance. —Jason Evangelho, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024

It’s stayed at that level for a year now and has helped bring inflation within spitting distance of the Fed’s 2% target. —Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 7 Aug. 2024

Although President Joe Biden won the state by seven points in 2020, challenger Donald Trump had been within spitting distance in Minnesota polling throughout the year. —Nico Lang, Them, 6 Aug. 2024

Rhymes for spitting distance

• coexistence
• nonexistence
• assistance
• consistence
• desistance
• existence
• insistence
• persistence
• resistance
• subsistence
• magnetoresistance