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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One of those single people was Roseann Quinn, a 28-year-old teacher and New Jersey native who lived in a studio apartment across the street, the New York Times reported.
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Nicole Acosta, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
Reinsdorf spent much of the past year working on getting public funding for a new stadium to replace Rate Field, which opened in 1991 across the street from where old Comiskey Park once stood.
—Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
The teen was chased out of the McDonald’s and across the street, where he was attacked.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025
Luehrs said last year — when the church sold a parking lot across the street for $2 million — that number was about 30.
—Matthew Geiger, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2025
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Nicole Acosta, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
Reinsdorf spent much of the past year working on getting public funding for a new stadium to replace Rate Field, which opened in 1991 across the street from where old Comiskey Park once stood.
—Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
The teen was chased out of the McDonald’s and across the street, where he was attacked.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025
Luehrs said last year — when the church sold a parking lot across the street for $2 million — that number was about 30.
—Matthew Geiger, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Across the street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20the%20street. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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