up the street

idiom

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

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That’s when a neighbor driving up the street told them that an officer had been shot. Sofi Zeman july 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2025 Bradley was arrested on Monday about 1 mile up the street at Randolph and Claremont avenues, less than 5 miles southwest of Battery Park. Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 29 July 2025 Ultimately the best flight sailed out over the driveway and across the sidewalk, and then curved to the right up the street until landing in a gutter of the adjacent property approximately 65 feet away. Michael Monson, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025 The two seemed relaxed — at least far more than the delivery drivers double-parked up the street. John Surico, Curbed, 9 July 2025 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 20 Aug. 2025.

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