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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The final group that has pumped money into Santa Clara council races is the developers of Related Santa Clara — a massive mixed-use development that is planned for the lot across the street from Levi’s Stadium.
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Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
Fittingly, it’s located across the street from the venerable Madison Square Garden where Cyndi Lauper played Wednesday evening.
—David Chiu, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Gucci, the anchor tenant in the aging mall at Trump Tower, managed to get Trump to slash its rent in 2020, but the retailer is once again rumored to be plotting a move, since its parent company recently spent nearly $1 billion to purchase another building across the street.
—Paula Aceves, Curbed, 31 Oct. 2024
The caller named her husband, her children, the shop across the street.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
Fittingly, it’s located across the street from the venerable Madison Square Garden where Cyndi Lauper played Wednesday evening.
—David Chiu, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Gucci, the anchor tenant in the aging mall at Trump Tower, managed to get Trump to slash its rent in 2020, but the retailer is once again rumored to be plotting a move, since its parent company recently spent nearly $1 billion to purchase another building across the street.
—Paula Aceves, Curbed, 31 Oct. 2024
The caller named her husband, her children, the shop across the street.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Across the street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20the%20street. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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