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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Once at the scene of the crime, Schapiro made his way across the street to a rooming house from where he was told the gunman had shot King.
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Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 17 Nov. 2025
Footage of the aftermath showed thick, orange flames billowing into the pitch-black sky, vehicles twisted and charred from the blast and victims strewn across the street.
—Nina Subkhanberdina, CNN Money, 16 Nov. 2025
On Main Street, the former national bank now houses Windham Local Public House, a restaurant that my aunt—who still teaches at the school across the street—says has great live music.
—Jess Feldman, Travel + Leisure, 16 Nov. 2025
Construction for the Children’s Village began in April 2023, across the street from the Lotus House in Overtown, which opened in 2018.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 15 Nov. 2025
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Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 17 Nov. 2025
Footage of the aftermath showed thick, orange flames billowing into the pitch-black sky, vehicles twisted and charred from the blast and victims strewn across the street.
—Nina Subkhanberdina, CNN Money, 16 Nov. 2025
On Main Street, the former national bank now houses Windham Local Public House, a restaurant that my aunt—who still teaches at the school across the street—says has great live music.
—Jess Feldman, Travel + Leisure, 16 Nov. 2025
Construction for the Children’s Village began in April 2023, across the street from the Lotus House in Overtown, which opened in 2018.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 15 Nov. 2025
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“Across the street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20the%20street. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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