down the street

idiom

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

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And a kid down the street sold me his brother’s bass for 10 bucks. Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025 The hotel, which soft-opened in 2021, features eight accessible guest rooms, particularly popular due to its proximity to a cluster of top hospitals just down the street. Eve Chen, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025 Several officers followed the suspect down the street, ordering him repeatedly to drop the weapon, according to Rivera. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2025 Perhaps your next door neighbor has a much fuller magnolia tree, or your acquaintance down the street grows dozens upon dozens of lovely roses. Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025 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 11 Sep. 2025.

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