up the street

phrase

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

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The video, released by Ukraine’s prosecutor general, clearly shows a person in a black bucket hat, a lose dark jumper and a large white tote bag, walking up the street and placing a black backpack on the doorstep of Yermolaiev’s home. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 Just up the street, a new American fusion concept called Touché Charlotte is taking shape. — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2026 Aerial footage also showed an LAPD presence and police tape at the Shell gas station up the street, near Venice Boulevard, from where the shooting happened. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 30 July 2026 When officers arrived, the man had moved up the street near the intersection of Sungate and Silkwood, still holding a knife, the department said. — Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 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 30 Sep. 2026.

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