down the street

idiom

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

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Meet me at the place down the street for happy hour, dull as that might be, the friend said. Nora Lange, New Yorker, 10 July 2025 Along Chicago Avenue, kids waited for cotton candy and face painting and, down the street from Wallace, adults stood in a line out the door to get a cup of coffee from Daly Bagel. Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025 Additionally, Mosqueda was connected to an address in Weslaco, Texas, down the street from McAllen, and reported missing around 4 a.m. on Monday, Rodriguez said. Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 7 July 2025 Just down the street, Amante Domingo recently opened his new wine lounge/coffee concept,. Jenna Thompson july 2, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for down the street

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“Down the street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/down%20the%20street. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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