Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

down the road, not across the street

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English

Syllables: down the road-, not across the street
IPA

42

Scrabble Score

29

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Of the technique for committing suicide, along the radial artery rather than across the wrist from side to side.

Offensive; Slang

Example Sentences

"We repeated the words ‘down the road, not across the street’ when discussing the use of knives. […] To cut horizontally was to commit the gravest possible sin for a young woman: to do something for attention."

Usage

Questions

What does down the road, not across the street mean?: Of the technique for committing suicide, along the radial artery rather than across the wrist from side to side.

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