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 rehearsal room is one in a complex of many, the complex itself a mirror image of the competing one across the street.
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Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 8 Dec. 2025
Pace also said a significant amount of cash was scattered across the street.
—Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
The congregation also bought the now-shuttered Nomad World Pub directly across the street, residents said, once a local mainstay for soccer fans and live music.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 6 Dec. 2025
Michael Blower represents a Stockton City Council district with a boundary across the street from the shooting site.
—Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 4 Dec. 2025
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Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 8 Dec. 2025
Pace also said a significant amount of cash was scattered across the street.
—Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
The congregation also bought the now-shuttered Nomad World Pub directly across the street, residents said, once a local mainstay for soccer fans and live music.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 6 Dec. 2025
Michael Blower represents a Stockton City Council district with a boundary across the street from the shooting site.
—Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Across the street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20the%20street. Accessed 12 Dec. 2025.
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