up the street

idiom

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

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The two seemed relaxed — at least far more than the delivery drivers double-parked up the street. John Surico, Curbed, 9 July 2025 Sanders said Wood and his children were at home when Wood's neighbors alerted him to Dorsey's concerning behavior, which included walking up the street punching through car windows and making threats to harm children and other residents. Molly Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025 Ferris remembers a neighbor up the street was packing to move around the holiday and thinks the dog may have sought shelter inside the U-Haul truck. Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2025 My friend Brandon bartends up the street from my apartment in Brooklyn. Will Speros, Architectural Digest, 27 June 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 29 Jul. 2025.

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