in the neighbourhood of
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[edit]in the neighbourhood of (British spelling)
- Approximately, about, in the region of.
- 1941 August, “The Why and the Wherefore: London-Brighton Records”, in Railway Magazine, page 383:
- […] we understand on reliable authority that on one occasion the journey was made in approximately 43 min., and this must have included maximum speeds in the neighbourhood of 90 m.p.h.
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[edit]- “in the neighbourhood of”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.