on the street

phrase

variants or in the street

1

: idle, unhoused, or out of a job

2

: out of prison : at liberty

Examples of on the street in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But by Friday, and with jurors barely out of the room for a recess, Keffe D couldn’t hold his tongue any longer, accusing the prosecutor’s office and their witnesses of putting his address on the street. — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

Dean O’Kelley, a former Las Vegas police officer, testified to finding several cartridges on the street at the scene and recalled receiving reports that the suspect’s vehicle was a white Cadillac potentially occupied by four Black men. — Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026

Every graduate from Paris and the surrounding area has his own story, from playing on a concrete pitch, a cage, or on the street. — Gregg Evans, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

The man was driving when someone on the street began shooting at him, police said. — Harry Harris, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for on the street

• bittersweet
• incomplete
• indiscreet
• marguerite
• obsolete
• overeat
• overheat
• parakeet
• stillingfleet
• superheat
• amit
• athlete