down the street

idiom

: some distance away on the same street
our neighbor down the street

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Berger, who used to live just down the street from the home, believes the location is perfectly poised to show off the best of Boise. Angela Palermo february 15, Idaho Statesman, 15 Feb. 2026 Even in the cold, book readers were out in force around town — on trains, waiting for the Metro, at the gym and walking down the street. Nora Krug, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2026 That’s all being looked into offstage by Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, the NBA’s go-to investigative law firm, as the Clippers and Leonard host All-Star weekend in the Intuit Dome, the bold $2 billion basketball arena planted down the street from SoFi Stadium. Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 15 Feb. 2026 Voorhies, wearing an earpiece in his right ear, was listening to this friend live-stream while strolling up and down the street. Paige Williams, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for down the street

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“Down the street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/down%20the%20street. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.

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