up the street

phrase

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

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The video, released by Ukraine’s prosecutor general, clearly shows a person in a black bucket hat, a lose dark jumper and a large white tote bag, walking up the street and placing a black backpack on the doorstep of Yermolaiev’s home. Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 Just up the street, a new American fusion concept called Touché Charlotte is taking shape. Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2026 Aerial footage also showed an LAPD presence and police tape at the Shell gas station up the street, near Venice Boulevard, from where the shooting happened. Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 30 July 2026 When officers arrived, the man had moved up the street near the intersection of Sungate and Silkwood, still holding a knife, the department said. Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for up the street

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“Up the street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/up%20the%20street. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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