across the street
idiom
: on or to the other side of the street directly across from something
They live across the street (from us).
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Terra said Rush-hour Resistance simply moved its protests across the street.
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Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 10 Feb. 2026
The less cerebral side of life is visible just across the street.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
After perusing the museum, walk across the street for a visit to Snoopy’s Home Ice, aka the Redwood Empire Ice Arena.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2026
Leonard Bernstein hosted a cocktail party, before hopping across the street to play Carnegie Hall, whose opening in 1891 shifted the center of the city’s culture uptown.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 9 Feb. 2026
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Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 10 Feb. 2026
The less cerebral side of life is visible just across the street.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
After perusing the museum, walk across the street for a visit to Snoopy’s Home Ice, aka the Redwood Empire Ice Arena.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2026
Leonard Bernstein hosted a cocktail party, before hopping across the street to play Carnegie Hall, whose opening in 1891 shifted the center of the city’s culture uptown.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 9 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for across the street
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“Across the street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20the%20street. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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