Meaning of in the streets | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Aroused, agitated, or incited to widespread protest, to civil disorder, or to revolution.
   idiomatic
2. In the daily life of the general public.
   figuratively
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, the, streets.

Examples

“Near-synonym: up in arms”

“The people will be in the streets if the policymakers allow⟳ hyperinflation to happen⟳.”

“Near-synonyms: on the street, on the ground, in the field”

“blood in the streets”

“A standard pearl of investment advice says that the bargains begin⟳ while there's still blood in the streets. [ = widespread economic pain and disruption]”

“There was flooding in the streets between the riverfront and the viaduct.”

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