across the street
idiom
: on or to the other side of the street directly across from something
They live across the street (from us).
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The people can walk across the street to find another job.
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Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Buckets of sunflowers and orange roses waited inside her navy blue minivan across the street.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
Jones’ grandfather, a blacksmith, had his shop across the street from what had once been the community slave trade house.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2025
The gunman was found on the second floor of the CVS on the Emory University campus across the street from the CDC campus and died at the scene, Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said on Friday night.
—Mandy Taheri
hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025
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Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Buckets of sunflowers and orange roses waited inside her navy blue minivan across the street.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
Jones’ grandfather, a blacksmith, had his shop across the street from what had once been the community slave trade house.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2025
The gunman was found on the second floor of the CVS on the Emory University campus across the street from the CDC campus and died at the scene, Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said on Friday night.
—Mandy Taheri
hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025
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“Across the street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20the%20street. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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