main drag
noun
US, informal
: the main street in a town or city
A carload of teenagers were cruising down the main drag.
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During Family Week, moms and moms and dads and dads, dogs and strollers by their sides, fill the town’s main drag.
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Rostam, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
Meandering through each one is a convenient way to spend a lazy afternoon, all without leaving Tiburon’s main drag.
—Nora Heston Tarte, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
Start with a stroll along Water Street, the town’s main drag.
—Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2026
The trailer park’s main drag was paved, but at the stake fence that marked its end, the asphalt turned to hardpan dirt.
—Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
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Rostam, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
Meandering through each one is a convenient way to spend a lazy afternoon, all without leaving Tiburon’s main drag.
—Nora Heston Tarte, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
Start with a stroll along Water Street, the town’s main drag.
—Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2026
The trailer park’s main drag was paved, but at the stake fence that marked its end, the asphalt turned to hardpan dirt.
—Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for main drag
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“Main drag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/main%20drag. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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