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

On Northeast 15th Street in Miami, social media video showed a Waymo backing up on the street to avoid the floodwaters. — Alex Harris updated September 27, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2026

Six of them — where dozens of victims were killed in bars, houses, at a hostel or outside on the street — were carried out by multiple gunmen. — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

As my colleague David Zahniser reported earlier this year, $300 million had been spent on the mayor’s Inside Safe program since December 2022, and as of last December, 40% of the 5,800 people who had been housed were back on the street. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Not to be plowed, be left, fly through the sky, hit a car and die on the street like that. — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for on the street

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