down the street

idiom

: some distance away on the same street

our neighbor down the street

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Preliminary information from the scene showed that the parents and their four children walked down the street to go sledding down a hill in their neighborhood, deputies said. —

Landon Mion, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025 The award-winning actors — who starred in the 2022 Broadway revival of The Music Man — were photographed holding hands while walking down the street in Santa Monica, California, on Monday, January 6, per photos obtained by People. —

Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025 Fuller’s goal is to keep the area true to its history and keep the chains — like the Starbuck’s down the street — out. —

Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025 Wood type is identified via the Forest Products Laboratory, the national research laboratory of the United States Forest Service, conveniently down the street from Schroeder’s office. —

Jacqueline Kehoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for down the street

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