man on the street

noun phrase

Examples of man on the street in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Surveillance video obtained by the Daily News shows Cummings talking with at least three men on the street near the sidewalk as a white Honda sedan slowly drives by, and someone inside the vehicle fires off shots. Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024 The case was finally cracked after a witness reported a strange man on the street near the final shooting. CBS News, 28 May 2024 Deputies were called about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday to the 7300 block of Del Prado Court and found an unresponsive man on the street. Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 8 Feb. 2024 In the neighboring village, Russians approached young men on the street, offering them money and help, trying to enlist them to their cause. James Verini Paolo Pellegrin, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023 Soldiers are just as worn out, and Kyiv has reached deeper into its population to mobilize additional fighters, sometimes stopping men on the street to hand them draft papers. Alex Horton, John Hudson, Isabelle Khurshudyan and Samuel Oakford, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of man on the street was in 1889

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Cite this Entry

“Man on the street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/man%20on%20the%20street. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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