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.
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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
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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
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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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