down the street

idiom

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

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Then, according to the NYPD spokesperson, the woman pulled out a pair of scissors, stabbed the man in the back, and fled down the street before disappearing into a nearby subway station. Chris Spargo, People.com, 23 May 2025 Completed in 1925, the two-story facility — with wood shingle siding on top and stone siding on bottom — was designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood, the architect who would later design the famed Ahwahnee Hotel down the street. Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025 The bird seemed to understand that, whenever a human pushed the pedestrian crossing signal, a long line of cars would back up down the street. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025 This is like the weeds spreading seeds down the street and across town. Jason P. Joseph, The Conversation, 21 May 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 27 May. 2025.

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