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spitting distance
spitting distance
A very short distance, as in We were in spitting distance of winning the pennant but then we lost three games in a row . Alluding to the relatively short distance over which one's spit will carry, this idiom was first recorded in 1895 as within spitting range.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Egbert | | EG-bərt (English), EKH-bərt (Dutch) | English, Dutch |
| Foka | | - | Russian |
| Colomba | | - | Italian |
| Norberto | | nor-BER-to (Spanish, Italian) | Spanish, Portuguese, Italian |
| Lashonda | | - | African American |
| Ginnie | | JIN-ee | English |