Phrase Hound found 54 phrases and 16 compound words that contain streets. The most common are listed below. Open streets in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 54
- hit the streetsTo go out in search of something or for a specific purpose.
- walk the streetsTo walk about in a city or town, especially as an activity in itself.
- City Streets
- person in the streetsAlternative form of person in the street: A man in the street.
- hitting the streetspresent participle and gerund of hit the streets
- take to the streetsTo gather together in the public streets of a town or city to show communal solidarity in either celebration or opposition.
- taken to the streetspast participle of take to the streets: To gather together in the public streets of a town or city to show communal solidarity in either celebration or opposition.
- hits the streetsthird-person singular simple present indicative of hit the streets: To go out in search of something or for a specific purpose.
- mean streetsA district or set of locales in which there is a high incidence of poverty, crime, disrepair, antisocial behavior, or other adverse conditions.
- streets in the skyArchitecture of a style that emerged in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s, generally built to replace run-down terraced housing with modern improvements, and including shops and other community facilities within high-rise blocks.
- takes to the streetsthird-person singular simple present indicative of take to the streets: To gather together in the public streets of a town or city to show communal solidarity in either celebration or opposition.
- walking the streetspresent participle and gerund of walk the streets
- university of the streetsSynonym of school of hard knocks: The source of an education consisting of real-world experiences, especially adverse experiences.
- walked the streetssimple past and past participle of walk the streets
- complete streetsplural of complete street: A street that successfully caters to pedestrians, bicyclists, and mass transit users as well as automobile users.
- living streetsplural of living street: A street designed primarily in the interests of pedestrians and cyclists, while motor vehicles are allowed to use it with caution.
- side streetsplural of side street: A secondary road; a road that is not intended for heavy traffic.
- took to the streetssimple past of take to the streets
- cloud streetsplural of cloud street: Long rolls of counterrotating air that are oriented approximately parallel to the ground in the planetary boundary layer.
- trap streetsplural of trap street: A fictitious or inaccurately represented street on a map, inserted as a means of detecting plagiarism.
- one-way streetsplural of one-way street: A road in which traffic is allowed to proceed in only one direction.
- walks the streetsthird-person singular simple present indicative of walk the streets: To walk about in a city or town, especially as an activity in itself.
- taking to the streetspresent participle and gerund of take to the streets
- keep off the streetsTo inspire or cause (someone) to avoid idleness, unemployment, poverty, or antisocial behavior.
- back streetsplural of back street: A usually small and narrow street or alley, especially one in inferior or poorer parts of a city, away from the centre.
Compound words 16
- streetscapeThe visual elements of a street, including the road, adjoining buildings, sidewalks, street furniture, trees and open spaces, etc, that combine to form the street's character.
- streetscapesplural of streetscape: The visual elements of a street, including the road, adjoining buildings, sidewalks, street furniture, trees and open spaces, etc, that combine to form the street's character.
- backstreetsplural of backstreet: Associated with neighborhoods on back streets, often in older neighborhoods, with poorer residents.
- StreetsvilleA neighbourhood in northwestern Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
- Bradstreetsplural of Bradstreet: A surname from Old English.
- byestreetsplural of byestreet: An obscure, private, or secondary street; a byroad or byway.
- Hemstreetsplural of Hemstreet: A surname.
- highstreetsplural of highstreet: The main street of any town.
- Longstreetsplural of Longstreet: A surname.
- playstreetsplural of playstreet: A scheme by which a road is temporarily closed to allow local children to play there, e.g. in neighbourhoods where playground facilities are not available.