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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Elizabeth Banks plays a celebrity esthetician who is unexpectedly challenged by a competitor opening up across the street.
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K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 13 June 2025
But tonight, as hundreds of people rallied peacefully in San Antonio, troops were waiting at tables in a building across the street from the Alamo.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 12 June 2025
And that’s all palpable inside a brick building across the street from a car repair shop in Brooklyn.
—Liza Weisstuch, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2025
The sheriff, in office since 2013, said if anyone tries to mob a car, they will likely be run over and dragged across the street.
—Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2025
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K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 13 June 2025
But tonight, as hundreds of people rallied peacefully in San Antonio, troops were waiting at tables in a building across the street from the Alamo.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 12 June 2025
And that’s all palpable inside a brick building across the street from a car repair shop in Brooklyn.
—Liza Weisstuch, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2025
The sheriff, in office since 2013, said if anyone tries to mob a car, they will likely be run over and dragged across the street.
—Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2025
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 17 Jun. 2025.
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