up the street

idiom

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

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Boston was right up the street. Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025 According to court documents, Becker’s mother and some neighbors heard the shots and saw two men run down the street in front of the Becker family home, then walk back up the street. Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 19 Aug. 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 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 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 10 Sep. 2025.

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