up the street

phrase

: some distance away on the same street
our neighbor up the street

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Aerial footage also showed an LAPD presence and police tape at the Shell gas station up the street, near Venice Boulevard, from where the shooting happened. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 30 July 2026 When officers arrived, the man had moved up the street near the intersection of Sungate and Silkwood, still holding a knife, the department said. — Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026 The Adelaide Marriott Hotel is just up the street, newly opened in the city’s historic General Post Office building. — Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2026 His first job was just up the street from Dashi at Sushi Itto, a once-popular Japanese restaurant that is now closed. — Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for up the street

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“Up the street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/up%20the%20street. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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