familiar terrain
Frequency: 7.09.8 per million words
an area that one knows well
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Examples (10)
- He felt confident navigating the familiar terrain of his hometown.
- After years of working in this industry, she was on familiar terrain during the negotiation.
- The soldiers moved quickly, as they were operating on familiar terrain.
- Even in a new city, he quickly found his way to familiar terrain near the river.
- The debate topic was familiar terrain for the seasoned politician.
- Exploring new ideas is exciting, but sometimes it's good to return to familiar terrain.
- She preferred to stick to familiar terrain when planning her vacations.
- The discussion quickly veered into familiar terrain of budget constraints.
- Having grown up in the mountains, the climber was perfectly at home in the familiar terrain.
- For the veteran programmer, debugging this kind of code was familiar terrain.