up the street

idiom

: some distance away on the same street
our neighbor up the street

Examples of up the street in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Farther up the street is the headquarters of the Fort Worth Association of Federated Women’s Clubs, founded in 1917 to recognize women of color in their community service. Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2024 That museum is set to get bigger (probably in early 2025) once space is freed up with the completion later this year of a new Otis Redding Center for the Arts right up the street, according to Karla Redding-Andrews, who is Otis Redding’s daughter. Marnie Hunter, CNN, 23 June 2024 Her latest acquisition is the biggest home sale in Southern California so far this year and the priciest since last May, when Jay-Z and Beyoncé dropped $200 million on a minimalist mansion located just up the street. Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024 Alternatively, the trail could — at least temporarily — follow a route up the street and back down on the other side of the bridge. Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for up the street 

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“Up the street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/up%20the%20street. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.

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