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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Schwartz & Sandy’s is in an unremarkable strip mall next to a pet store, across the street from the Scientology Celebrity Centre.
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Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 13 July 2024
In addition to restoring the centuries-old church and convent, a new 100,000-square-foot visitor center and museum, decked out with a 4D theater and a rooftop restaurant, is being built across the street.
—Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
Located right across the street from the Colorado Rockies’ Coors Field, baseball is the name of the game here.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
Walk outside your house, look at five houses to your left, five houses to your right, and the houses across the street in that same vicinity; at least one person in those 20 houses is a veteran.
—Michael Jenet, The Denver Post, 3 July 2024
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Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 13 July 2024
In addition to restoring the centuries-old church and convent, a new 100,000-square-foot visitor center and museum, decked out with a 4D theater and a rooftop restaurant, is being built across the street.
—Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
Located right across the street from the Colorado Rockies’ Coors Field, baseball is the name of the game here.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
Walk outside your house, look at five houses to your left, five houses to your right, and the houses across the street in that same vicinity; at least one person in those 20 houses is a veteran.
—Michael Jenet, The Denver Post, 3 July 2024
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“Across the street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20the%20street. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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