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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Business The operator of Rye Street Tavern at Baltimore Peninsula in South Baltimore plans to open a full-service event venue across the street from the restaurant. Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2025 His partner, ordering a hot dog at a cart across the street, hears it in her earpiece, and both sets of shoulders start to shimmy to the beat. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025 To the south, the Painter Energy Storage Project in Santa Barbara County is being built across the street from Carpinteria High School. Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025 Suddenly, Bonilla fired shots from a residential building across the street from P.S. 396 and Middle School 390, and Torres and the two Macks returned fire, said prosecutors. Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 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 21 Feb. 2025.

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