up the street

phrase

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

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Twenty years a customer here, the East Orlando native and longtime Seminole County Public Schools teacher owns the consignment shop just up the street. — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026 Finally went to a Motel 6 or whatever up the street and just stayed there. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026 This angle also shows the SUV continue farther up the street without stopping before the video ends. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Just up the street, an even bigger new house on a small lot sold last year for more than $2 million. — Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 13 Oct. 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 11 Nov. 2026.

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