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 store on Buckeye Avenue, also known as Eisenhower Memorial Highway, sits across the street and railroad tracks from the presidential museum, currently closed because of the government shutdown. Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025 While enjoying drinks at Lucy’s across the street from Paramount Studios, William Wyler, Humphrey Bogart, John Huston and Lauren Bacall devised a hasty plan to show up in Washington to protest the hearings. Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025 Videos show flashbang grenades erupting on the street, followed by residents of the building—children among them—being led to a parking lot across the street. Rebecca Schneid, Time, 4 Oct. 2025 So imagine the surprise of his owner after receiving a call from a Beaumont Animal Shelter, that his beloved pit bull Randy is not only alive and well, but was found running around a graveyard across the street from the shelter. Tj MacIas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for across the street

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“Across the street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20the%20street. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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