ON THE STREET Definition & Meaning

on the street

Without a job, unemployed, as in After they fired her she was on the street for two years . [First half of 1900s]
Released from prison, as in One more year and he'll be back in the street . [First half of 1900s]
Without a regular place of residence, homeless, as in It's terrible to be on the street in winter . [Mid-1800s]

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“You can go to downtown L.A. or whatever and you can dress crazy and no one’s even going to look at you, they don’t care, there’s so much craziness on the street, nobody gives a s—,” Grisham said.

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The city council has not commented on the claim, but said residents "should not be dumping waste on the street", and should be taking their bin bags to mobile waste centres or recycling depots.

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His grandson regularly sees firetrucks pass by on the street with their blaring sirens.

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"It's horrendous, to be honest, even to the point where if a man smiles at me on the street, I'm like: 'Are you polite? Or have you seen me on one of these websites?'"

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Hundreds of residents, suddenly homeless, are sleeping outside on the street.

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