in one's own backyard

in (one's) (own) back yard

In or near to one's area of residence or business. Local farmers have banded together to protest the government's plan of building a series of windfarm generators in their back yard. We don't want to have such a large, ugly monument in our own back yard.

in one's own backyard

In one's own domain, in a position very close to one. For example, You didn't expect to find a first-class organist in your own backyard. [Mid-1900s] Also see close to home.

See also: backyard, own

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If a home needs to be heated in the winter or cooled in the summer, the energy source is in one's own backyard," she says.

Clean heat: the geothermal energy beneath our feet

Its goal is not to thwart development in one's own backyard, but on the property of others.

Read NIMBY's lips: no new housing

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