word on the street
idiom
: what people are saying
Word on the street is that the company is going out of business.
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Another version of Hôtel Balzac occupied this space before the current one, but word on the street is that the former venue—with heavy curtains, decadent fleur-de-lis bed spreads, and a real King Louis XIV aesthetic—was due for a makeover.
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Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Now word on the street has it the A-list actress might be dipping her toes back into the real estate waters, this time with a decadent Hollywood Regency-style spread in the prime lower Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2025
Plot details are very hazy, but the word on the street is that the story centers on a ne’er-do-well smuggler who finds himself in the middle of a deadly double-cross while on a job in the Caribbean Sea, resulting in him surrounded by bodies, hostile mercenaries and thirsty sharks alike.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2025
What was the word on the street about those movies?
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
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Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
Now word on the street has it the A-list actress might be dipping her toes back into the real estate waters, this time with a decadent Hollywood Regency-style spread in the prime lower Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2025
Plot details are very hazy, but the word on the street is that the story centers on a ne’er-do-well smuggler who finds himself in the middle of a deadly double-cross while on a job in the Caribbean Sea, resulting in him surrounded by bodies, hostile mercenaries and thirsty sharks alike.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2025
What was the word on the street about those movies?
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Word on the street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/word%20on%20the%20street. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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