down the street

idiom

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

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After lunch, Victor and I wandered down the street to a nearby park. Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 29 June 2025 Her husband found the flag vandalized on the ground down the street. Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 27 June 2025 Most famous people cannot walk down the street without being stopped. Xian Horn, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025 Aurora police officers spotted Buxton’s car less than a mile down the street from the Quality Inn and initiated a traffic stop, agency officials said. Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 26 June 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 4 Jul. 2025.

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