Downing Street

noun

: the British Prime Minister or the British government
Downing Street and the White House are currently discussing the issue.

Note: The term Downing Street comes from the address of the official home of the British Prime Minister at Number 10 Downing Street in London.

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Blair would bring years of political and negotiating experience to the task after occupying 10 Downing Street for a decade and later acting as an international envoy in the Middle East. Tim Lister, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025 According to the Hays Police Department, police responded to a report of a domestic violence situation on Downing Street in Hays, Kansas. Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2025 Sometimes the speeches led protesters to Trafalgar Square, even Downing Street. Kwame Anthony Appiah, The New York Review of Books, 25 Sep. 2025 If replicated at a general election this could put Farage in Downing Street, breaking the Labour/Conservative duopoly for the first time since Labour replaced the Liberals as the main party of the left in the 1920s. James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Downing Street

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“Downing Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Downing%20Street. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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