across the way
idiom
: across from someone on the other side of the street
They live across the way (from us).
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In the high-rise across the way, lights turned on, one after another.
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Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
There’s a possible neighbors-with-benefits situation happening with the cute guy (Lucas Hedges) who lives right across the way.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2025
The second pivots that bench around to a longitudinal position against the driver's sidewall, creating a vis-a-vis dining lounge in partnership with the passenger-side bench across the way.
—New Atlas, 15 July 2025
For seafood lovers, the biggest news at Findlay might be the relocation and expansion of James Beard semifinalist Hideki Harada's Japanese seafood market, Sen, which moved from a tiny stall inside the main market house to the former Heist Fish & Poultry market just across the way.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
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Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
There’s a possible neighbors-with-benefits situation happening with the cute guy (Lucas Hedges) who lives right across the way.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2025
The second pivots that bench around to a longitudinal position against the driver's sidewall, creating a vis-a-vis dining lounge in partnership with the passenger-side bench across the way.
—New Atlas, 15 July 2025
For seafood lovers, the biggest news at Findlay might be the relocation and expansion of James Beard semifinalist Hideki Harada's Japanese seafood market, Sen, which moved from a tiny stall inside the main market house to the former Heist Fish & Poultry market just across the way.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for across the way
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“Across the way.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20the%20way. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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