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

Every few minutes, horns blare on the street in front of the shop. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026

Wild video of that car takeover shared by Wong on social media showed multiple cars doing tire-screeching donuts near a ring of fire on the street, with a passenger in one car holding a large Palestinian flag out its window before cops arrived. — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026

The passersby on the street probably got a free show that night! — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026

Like Wilson, Whyte observed life on the street like a National Geographic photographer does birds—watching as humans adapt to environmental conditions like benches, water, and sunlight. — Lila Allen, Architectural Digest, 18 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for on the street

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