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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“Word on the street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/word%20on%20the%20street. Accessed 26 Mar. 2023.

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