on the street

Definitions

1. Without a home; without the means to afford good shelter.
   idiomatic
2. 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.
   idiomatic
3. In actual practice, as opposed to in a laboratory, classroom, etc.
   idiomatic
4. Working as a sex worker.
   idiomatic
5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, the, street.

Equivalents

5 more languages

Suomikadullakartanollapihalla

Nederlandsop straat

Portuguêsnas ruas

Русскийна у́лице

Tiếng Việtngoại đường

Examples

“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."”

“Indeed, the contribution of study⟳ abroad to significant language gains is commonly believed to derive from the numerous opportunities program⟳ participants have⟳ to engage⟳ in first-hand language practice on "the street", in restaurants, in shops, in the homes of native speaker friends and acquaintances as well as a variety of other out-of-class environments in which students find⟳ themselves while living in-country.”

“'We took five years of strategy development before we put⟳ a single thing on the street,' Slutkin said.”

“Times got a little desperate and she was on the street for a while.”

“The pavement markings on the street were confusing to foreigners.”

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