across the way
idiom
: across from someone on the other side of the street
They live across the way (from us).
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The smiling face and warm greeting will come from across the way instead of from behind a meat or deli counter.
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Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Visitors on Saturday got vouchers for a free copy of the limited-edition 45, which will be manufactured at Jack White’s Third Man Pressing across the way in Midtown Detroit.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
Croissants for breakfast from the French bakery across the way, business meetings in the red-leather booths in Balthazar, and Equinox just a block away — better than any hotel gym.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2025
The lights from the building across the way had gone out, and everything was darker now.
—Samanta Schweblin, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025
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Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Visitors on Saturday got vouchers for a free copy of the limited-edition 45, which will be manufactured at Jack White’s Third Man Pressing across the way in Midtown Detroit.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
Croissants for breakfast from the French bakery across the way, business meetings in the red-leather booths in Balthazar, and Equinox just a block away — better than any hotel gym.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2025
The lights from the building across the way had gone out, and everything was darker now.
—Samanta Schweblin, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Across the way.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20the%20way. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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