down the street

idiom

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

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The location was just down the street from the site of a deadly home explosion in April that rattled the small community about an hour east of Kansas City. Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025 Reporters ran after them down the street. Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025 On a sunny September afternoon, Pérez peered down the street outside her children’s school, scanning for suspicious vehicles. Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025 Just down the street, police stood ready to escort Vance out. Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 10 Oct. 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 17 Oct. 2025.

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