up the street

idiom

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

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My friend Brandon bartends up the street from my apartment in Brooklyn. Will Speros, Architectural Digest, 27 June 2025 But when the Army Corps removed her beloved tree this year, all that remained was the jacaranda — the one that for years had left her car sticky with sap and stunk up the street. Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025 Pouncey’s girlfriend was walking up the street with her three kids. Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025 If the board decided, theoretically, to move that business up the street to another jurisdiction, residents wouldn’t be able to fight it, Baker explained. Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2025 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 20 Jul. 2025.

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