man in the street

noun phrase

: an average or ordinary person

Examples of man in the street in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There, officers found a man in the street who had been shot multiple times. — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026

Just after midnight on Wednesday, a 21-year-old man got into a dispute with another man in the street in the 200 block of Cardiff Avenue, according to a preliminary police report. — Annasofia Scheve, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2026

Murray said that every man in the street had either read it or heard of it. — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024

In a video statement Friday, police released his identity, along with a 911 call, footage of the standoff and footage of a man in the street with a gun. — Aria Jones, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for man in the street

• amit
• athlete
• backseat
• blackfeet
• broadsheet
• browbeat
• buckwheat
• compete
• compleat
• complete
• conceit
• concrete

Kids Definition

man in the street

: a typical or ordinary person