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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 |
|---|
| Ptolemy | | TAHL-ə-mee (English) | History |
| Archelaus | | ahr-kee-LAY-əs (English) | Ancient Greek (Latinized), Biblical Latin, Biblical |
| Hrodland | | - | Ancient Germanic |
| Acantha | | ə-KAN-thə (English) | Greek Mythology (Latinized) |
| Mahine | | - | Persian |
| KlÁRa | | - | Hungarian, Czech, Slovak |