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on the street

1. Fig. widely known. Sue put it on the street, and now everyone knows. It's on the street. There isn't anyone who hasn't heard it.

2. Fig. on Wall Street or elsewhere in the New York City financial districts. (Similar to {3}, except that it refers to a specific street. Usually with a capital 5.) I heard on the Street today that bank stocks are headed up. It's on the Street that the market is due to crash again.

3. Fig. at discount prices; as available at its lowest retail price. (As if some item were being sold on the street by a peddler.) It lists at $2200 and can be got for about $1650 on the street. On the street it goes for about $400.

See also: street

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Once on the street he was not at a loss as to the direction in which he wished to go, for he had tracked the two Europeans practically to the gate, which he felt assured must have given them entry to the city. Tarzan the Untamed by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context He remembered the look that had lurked in the girl's eyes when they had met on the streets and thought of the note she had written. Winesberg, Ohio by Anderson, Sherwood View in context By this time the column on the street was almost on us. The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context More results

? References in classic literature

Once on the street he was not at a loss as to the direction in which he wished to go, for he had tracked the two Europeans practically to the gate, which he felt assured must have given them entry to the city.

Tarzan the Untamed by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

He remembered the look that had lurked in the girl's eyes when they had met on the streets and thought of the note she had written.

Winesberg, Ohio by Anderson, Sherwood View in context

By this time the column on the street was almost on us.

The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context

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