up the street

idiom

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

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The pair had picked up an art set for Bay’s 6-year-old son, Gordie, at Five Little Monkeys, just up the street from Village Shoes, where Bay snagged new tennis shoes for her 18-month-old, Joni, balancing on her hip. Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2025 Neighbors up the street managed to trap him in their garage!! Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025 Two nearby churches, Trinity Church and another up the street, have bathrooms, food and coffee available for residents who were evacuated in the meantime. Joe Brandt, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025 On a cool January morning, Rudolph stood on a sidewalk in Birmingham’s Southside, just up the street from the New Woman All Women clinic, and waited for staff and patients to arrive. John Archibald, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 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 Dec. 2025.

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