doors down/up/apart
idiom
—used to indicate where one house, building, apartment, office, etc. is in relation to another
She lives in a house two doors down/up from me.
The library is a few doors down from the bank.
We grew up two doors apart.
Examples of doors down/up/apart in a Sentence
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Her neighbor two doors down died of appendix cancer at 49.
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Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
That Publix, at the Tradewinds Plaza off the Overseas Highway, replaced a 48,000-square-foot-store that had opened a few doors down in 1989 — the year Taylor Swift was born.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
Hotel Distil, Autograph Collection Located right in the middle of Louisville’s historic Whiskey Row, this Marriott Autograph Collection hotel features an original facade from the 1860s and is just a few doors down from the Old Forester Distillery on Main Street.
—Maggie Kimberl, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2024
Read: Why adolescence feels so intense The archetypal sitter lived just a few doors down.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024
Two doors down was Viktor, who complained of repeatedly fixing holes in his roof from shelling.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
Luckily the street is an artists’ enclave, with some opening their homes up for Hantman’s dinner receptions — one in January served gumbo family-style two doors down at a local artist’s Midcentury Modern house.
—Mariella Rudi, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
Back in Owasso, a hairstylist who works a few doors down from Ms. Richardson’s bakery stopped by Tuesday morning to ask a favor.
—Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Feb. 2024
And her brother recently opened a cafe and gelato shop just two doors down the street.
—Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 27 Feb. 2024
Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
That Publix, at the Tradewinds Plaza off the Overseas Highway, replaced a 48,000-square-foot-store that had opened a few doors down in 1989 — the year Taylor Swift was born.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
Hotel Distil, Autograph Collection Located right in the middle of Louisville’s historic Whiskey Row, this Marriott Autograph Collection hotel features an original facade from the 1860s and is just a few doors down from the Old Forester Distillery on Main Street.
—Maggie Kimberl, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2024
Read: Why adolescence feels so intense The archetypal sitter lived just a few doors down.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024
Two doors down was Viktor, who complained of repeatedly fixing holes in his roof from shelling.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
Luckily the street is an artists’ enclave, with some opening their homes up for Hantman’s dinner receptions — one in January served gumbo family-style two doors down at a local artist’s Midcentury Modern house.
—Mariella Rudi, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
Back in Owasso, a hairstylist who works a few doors down from Ms. Richardson’s bakery stopped by Tuesday morning to ask a favor.
—Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Feb. 2024
And her brother recently opened a cafe and gelato shop just two doors down the street.
—Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 27 Feb. 2024
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