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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However, across the street from the tented ceremony, several dozen pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli protesters were gathered with flags and signs in hand.
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Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
If the Scoville scale for hot chili peppers is more your speed, head back to Silver Lake and check out Night + Market, across the street from Naran’s Pijja Palace.
—Sheila Yasmin Marikar, AFAR Media, 19 Mar. 2025
Neighbor John Green found Pickering’s body in the wreckage of a building just across the street from Green’s home.
—TIME, 17 Mar. 2025
The actress ended up purchasing her farm across the street from her parents' home.
—Janelle Ash, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2025
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Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025
If the Scoville scale for hot chili peppers is more your speed, head back to Silver Lake and check out Night + Market, across the street from Naran’s Pijja Palace.
—Sheila Yasmin Marikar, AFAR Media, 19 Mar. 2025
Neighbor John Green found Pickering’s body in the wreckage of a building just across the street from Green’s home.
—TIME, 17 Mar. 2025
The actress ended up purchasing her farm across the street from her parents' home.
—Janelle Ash, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2025
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“Across the street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20the%20street. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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