on the street
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.27 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
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In public, including daily life and the crime that sometimes occurs there; especially, in the world of street crime and those whose daily life is immersed in it.
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In actual practice, as opposed to in a laboratory, classroom, etc.
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Working as a sex worker.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, the, street.
Example Sentences
- "We haven't been able to pay rent for five months. Next month we'll be on the street."
- "Delays with universal credit have compounded the problem, pushing people into rent arrears and putting them at risk of losing their homes. And the retrenchment of services such as mental health and drug rehabilitation means that vulnerable people are more likely to find themselves on the street."
- "At that time, a greenback was worth more on the street than it was at the foreign exchange office."
- "Their attitude is that the police commissioner's bluster isn't worth much on the street."
- "These students are eager to test their knowledge on the street instead of in the exam book."
- "But to work "on the street" is clearly quite different from "working the street.""